How to Use unnatural in a Sentence

unnatural

adjective
  • It seems unnatural to keep the bird in a cage.
  • Her smile looked forced and unnatural.
  • She has an unnatural obsession with money.
  • So there’s a lot of things that just seem so unnatural to it.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2021
  • Words that look fine on the page can sound clunky or unnatural when spoken.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Up close, the boat moved at a speed unnatural for something so large.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2018
  • His speech was an unnatural blur.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • The back and neck are bent in unnatural positions when hunched over a bike.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 5 June 2021
  • This might be the new normal, but that doesn’t stop it from feeling unnatural.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2020
  • The steel beams that had once held up the glass walls jut at unnatural angles, like so many broken legs.
    — Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023
  • The whole thing felt unnatural.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 6 June 2026
  • Light the duct-tape tinder bundle, and feed the unnatural flame.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2017
  • Try as the writers might, the dialogue is unnatural to the ear and the jokes are flat.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Or is that so unnatural that your skin will just freak out and eventually grow them again?
    — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 29 July 2019
  • Surfers in the area have also complained that the sea had an unnatural smell and color.
    — NBC News, 4 Oct. 2020
  • My chest and gut have an unnatural reaction to seeing the body up close.
    — Anna Lea Hand, Longreads, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The goal isn’t to force yourself into an unnatural style.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • So say goodbye to the days of covering your home with an unnatural, heavy odor.
    — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 29 June 2020
  • The tires sat at an unnatural angle and one of them was deflated.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Bits of shrimp and potato spilled out the back, despite the unnatural angle of my head.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024
  • Holding his head in the same position for so long is unnatural, just plain wrong.
    — Author: Hannah Natanson, Laura Meckler, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Nov. 2020
  • The role of an unnatural mother is a tricky one, and only an expert could have pulled it off this well.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2022
  • And if hugging a tree or smelling the dirt feels unnatural and cringey to you, find a different way.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Gladys needs more than two bodies to stay young, as her unnatural longevity seems to be fading.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Their unnatural gold tint had a coronet pattern, softer in glow around the iris.
    — Ishion Hutchinson, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Even though death is the most natural thing in the world, my brother’s death just seemed so unnatural.
    — Dina Gachman Daniel Arnold, New York Times, 25 May 2024
  • This tends to bento-box subjects in unnatural ways.
    — Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
  • While some enjoyed the movie, others found its language unnatural and a bit cringey.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Many of them, like Medusa, have the face of a woman but other grotesque, unnatural body parts.
    — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Many of the hallmarks of last year’s shock were unnatural—think, Charmin mania.
    — Paul Earle, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2021

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