alien
Example Sentences
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Lily’s garbled words sound more like an alien language than anything resembling French.
From Literature
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It featured a large, alien character, resembling a human but with a distorted head shape and muzzled mouth.
From BBC
Patches covered the entire back panel with moons, rocket ships, skulls, alien heads, and something that looked like a chupacabra.
From Literature
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You can believe you live next door to alien neighbors who believe in a flat earth.
From Salon
The notion of private property is alien to Inuit culture, characterised by communal sharing and a deep connection to the land.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.