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Meanings of uncanny in English

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Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.

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Surpassing the ordinary or normal.

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Examples for "weird"
Examples for "weird"
1
New technologies have always given us weird new ways to tell stories.
Wired
2
There is, of course, nothing new about our weird relationship with animals.
The Guardian
3
And, of course the weird things people come up with these days.
The South African
4
People say, 'It's so weird.' You wouldn't believe the attitude in America.
Love All The People
5
Then will you grant me my word, as I used it: 'weird'?
The Great Book of Amber
1
The clouds in the west seemed to glow with an unearthly light.
The Life of John Clare
2
Was this depot the scene earlier this week for an unearthly encounter?
Ancient shores
3
The aisle between the unearthly trees widened, and the giants were fewer.
Pygmalion's Spectacles
4
From the interior of the little island came a most unearthly screaming.
Bob the Castaway; Or, The Wreck of the Eagle
5
At the same moment a sharp, unearthly cry rung in my ear.
Old Jack
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
Usage of uncanny in English
1
Its ability to change direction quickly and with driver confidence is uncanny.
The South African
2
Indeed, the uncanny valley has concerned the games industry for a while.
BBC
3
Lillian, with her uncanny sense for reading his mind, said, 'Go on.
Amagansett
4
His fans point to his uncanny ability to interpret feline body language.
The Guardian
5
The uncanny thing was the absence of movement in the Boche trenches.
France at War: On the Frontier of Civilization
6
It was uncanny: the same room she'd seen earlier in the Announcer.
Torment
7
Mathews possessed an uncanny level of star power, which attracted immediate attention.
The last hero: a life of henry aaron
8
A lot of strange things happen to one, of an uncanny nature.
The ginger man
9
Tired from the long struggle with the uncanny, they moved soon afterwards.
Ghosts
10
He spoke no word; he only gazed at Parry with uncanny understanding.
For Love Of Evil
11
He certainly has an uncanny likeness to my former Leicester City team-mate.
The Guardian
12
There was something uncanny in their commonplaceness in so uncommon a place.
Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan
13
In the mountains themselves, there was surprisingly little of the uncanny vegetation.
The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds
14
The road I am contemplating may lead straight to the uncanny valley.
Wired
15
He refused to take up the cudgels; an uncanny thing from him.
Queed: A Novel
16
Again came the uncanny sound from the thick verdure beyond the camp.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
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