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Meanings of eldritch in English

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Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.

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Usage of eldritch in English
1
The feeling of just being watched does not make this place eldritch.
The Guardian
2
It was amused, and gave voice to eldritch cackles which betokened mirth.
The Son of the Wolf
3
Hitherto his father had said nothing of that timely but eldritch yell.
The Admirable Tinker / Child of the World
4
It vibrated minutely in eldritch dimensions, buffeted by the emanations from within.
Perdido Street Station
5
They drifted slowly and enigmatically, eldritch and eerie, ever encroaching, enveloping all.
Johannes cabal the necromancer
6
And then a frightful red Eye opened in the dark: vulpine, eldritch.
The stand
7
Jack stayed for a moment, reluctant to walk back into Naughton's eldritch problem.
Demon bound
8
His voice rose and fell in eldritch screams and hollow moans.
Salute to Adventurers
9
It flashed with a blinding, eldritch light and shattered into fragments.
The nomad
10
Like most people who write about eldritch horrors, he has a cheerful disposition.
The Atrocity Archives
11
She broke off, and shuddered violently, then burst into eldritch laughter.
Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia
12
Dealing with eldritch horrors is part of my day job.
Equoid
13
Not a soul was abroad; an eldritch solitude reigned everywhere.
The Roof of France; Or, the Causses of the Lozère
14
He concentrated hard, trying to focus his eldritch sight on the air currents themselves.
The Neutronium Alchemist
15
We were attracted to it by an eldritch light that throbbed against the glass.
Fear nothing
16
What eldritch dream-world was this into which he had blundered?
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
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