How to Use unearthly in a Sentence

unearthly

adjective
  • We left at the unearthly time of 5:00 a.m.
  • As his boat leaves the dock, his dog, which has been brought to see him off, releases an unearthly howl.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2018
  • It is also believed that fairy rings are portals to unearthly worlds.
    — Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2017
  • The hounds of the unearthly Wild Hunt may be the best known of these ghostly dogs.
    — Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to an unearthly figure with blood dripping down its fangs.
    — Baland Jalal, Scientific American, 15 July 2020
  • Those unearthly appendages probed the empty space between us, tasting the air.
    — Jacob Brogan, Slate Magazine, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The flowers, of course, are stunning, unearthly, and beloved by bees and butterflies.
    — Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald, 27 June 2018
  • Soon the rover should drive down the ramp of its landing platform, ready to explore its unearthly surroundings.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 14 May 2021
  • And so Cassini will wave goodbye with a flash of unearthly light that no humans, at least, may ever see.
    — Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The singer, songwriter and harpist brings her ethereal sounds to a suitably unearthly venue.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
  • The effect is both unearthly and mystical.
    — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
  • Your story about an unearthly black dog or a benevolent poltergeist may entertain me or even give me a chill.
    — Jess Zimmerman, The Cut, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Butterflies frolicked through the fields of sage, which glowed its unearthly shade of purple-green in the bright afternoon sun.
    — Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com, 1 July 2017
  • True hell would be failing to protect these unearthly wonders for generations to come.
    — Jacqueline Keeler, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2022
  • In this unearthly landscape, scientists can actually watch as a new ocean is born.
    — Ken Jennings, CNT, 2 Oct. 2017
  • The concept was so unearthly, in fact, that private aviation first took off not as a means of transportation, but as a sideshow of sorts.
    — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Magic, a kind of sorcery, was practiced by the brujas, who dallied with unearthly presences.
    — Desideria Mesa, Good Housekeeping, 29 Oct. 2022
  • The membrane between this world and the other is permeable; unearthly beings ooze through.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 June 2023
  • Those unearthly howls, shrieks, and grunts that burst out of tennis players' mouths may do more than just fill the silence of tennis stadiums.
    — Eliza Strickland, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2010
  • Along with Duccio, these artists produced religious works that still retain their unearthly glow.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Immediately an unearthly chorus of wails answered the poor wretch from his friends outside the walls.
    — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2017
  • And there aren’t enough words of praise for Erik Friedlander’s unearthly musical score.
    — Colin Covert, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2018
  • To that end, Lasky is sure to give plenty of attention to the unearthly, haunting, and ethereal traces that mark our world.
    — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • If any of these projects come to fruition, astronomers might solve these abiding mysteries — or uncover an even more puzzling trove of unearthly delights.
    — Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
  • That unearthly scene with the technicians and the silver air penguins in the spotless corporate atrium….
    — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 1 Feb. 2010
  • To see the blossoms amid the mist was to glimpse a rare, almost unearthly moment, beyond what might rightfully be expected of any morning, day or season.
    — Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2022
  • The politics of privacy is given an update with video screens tracking the movement of earthly and unearthly presences.
    — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 19 Aug. 2017
  • At lower altitudes, though, the weak but insistent wind can have its way with softer rocks, and that is the unearthly way in which Mount Sharp was made.
    — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Set the feedback to infinite and create an unearthly wall of sound or push in the Lo-Fi button for extra vintage flavor.
    — Popular Science, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Together, Lynch and Frost make for an ideal creative match, blending quirky small-town drama with unearthly horror.
    — Devan Coggan and Christian Holub, EW.com, 25 June 2023

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