creepiness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Executive produced by the Duffer Brothers of ‘Stranger Things,’ this series follows an engaged couple on an overlong and aimless journey filled with creepiness and dread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Lilly’s nightmare doesn’t involve the dead father consuming her, but its violative creepiness eats at you even so.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025
After nearly three years, Apple TV+’s thriller returns with more sci-fi creepiness, nuanced social commentary and black humor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
They have face coverings too, making menace out of the same blank-faced creepiness the villains embodied in the original film and its 2018 sequel.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
This is the thing she wants to outrun: the creepiness.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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