How to Use uncanny in a Sentence

uncanny

adjective
  • She has an uncanny sense of direction.
  • She had an uncanny resemblance to someone I had seen before.
  • And there was this uncanny strangeness through the whole film.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Jan. 2023
  • There’s such a faithful sense of tone to the book, which is uncanny and scary.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
  • There was something uncanny about the rooms, though.
    — Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 12 May 2026
  • But even these are a little uncanny.
    — H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The uncanny is pushed to the surface.
    — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
  • Stu doesn’t know how to express his need for love, yet his grudge against the world is uncanny.
    — Armond White, National Review, 20 Apr. 2022
  • That sense of the uncanny is, to me, at the heart of most good mysteries.
    — Dwyer Murphy june 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
  • And at the same time, there is something uncanny and tragic to it.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
  • There are forwards who would kill to have Munoz’s uncanny nose for goal.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • That being said, some of her hunches about his moves around the state are uncanny.
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanities, 26 Apr. 2018
  • There is no uncanny valley, just a bored-looking avatar who’s about to fire you.
    — John Brandon, Wired, 15 Jan. 2020
  • For months, an uncanny sense of calm suffused the forest.
    — Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • But was her success a result of uncanny luck?
    — Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The 6-foot-6 wing does it with a unique style and uncanny body control.
    — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
  • An uncanny number of motors seem to choose that spot to stop working.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2021
  • This gave his Black figure an uncanny depth and richness of tone.
    — The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
  • There are pockets of wisdom from uncanny places.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Eniiyi is born on the day her mom’s cousin is buried — and the resemblance is uncanny.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
  • There’s just something uncanny about the way the two of us work together.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Perry and Bryan, who have an uncanny bond, cannot stop laughing.
    — Nicole Pajer, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The Nuggets’ forwards have an uncanny habit of getting hurt all at once.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The youngest among them seemed to have the uncanny ability to float above the stress and anguish of the place.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Has an uncanny sense of where all his teammates are on the ice and how to get them the puck in dangerous spots.
    — Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • But the pop culture of twelve years ago is baffling, uncanny, affronting.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Glowworms lit up uncanny forests.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The folding chair has the uncanny ability to render the crowd in any room a group of equals.
    — Tyler Watamanuk, Curbed, 3 May 2018
  • Barry’s score remains as uncanny as his sense of drama.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Still, phrased the right way, the thought has an insistent, uncanny magnetism.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020

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