Example Sentences

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“Mother Mary” is as hair-raising as it is eyebrow-raising, all spectral senselessness until, out of nowhere, the eeriness gives way to a startling profundity as the film explores remorse with biblical repercussions.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

"It might seem peaceful to you," he says, "but there is an unseen eeriness, an innate fear."

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024

The narrative doesn’t build up as much as it pulls readers down, into an ever-deepening pool of eeriness and tension.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

Throughout his work, Carroll regularly links an almost surreal eeriness to a love story, one often involving a privileged but psychologically wounded protagonist.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023

The nights at Mobius have an eeriness about them, a soundless, otherworldly beauty, interrupted only by a chance howl or hoot in the distance.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed