eery
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Painting an eery picture of the night, he believes weather conditions tripped the electricity off in the area, meaning the fan in his bedroom stopped for about 20 seconds before coming back on.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Reuters reporters who reached the city from the Russian-held side found an eery, silent wasteland, where bewildered civilians emerged from cellars beneath the ruins to bury their dead in grass by the roadside.
From Reuters • Aug. 22, 2022
But there’s nothing to be done: try as I might, I can’t superimpose the eery monochrome photographs I’ve seen of the factory in Blitzed on to this Technicolor suburban scene.
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2016
The water-flooded interior has been reduced to an austere décor of black and white, lit by a single floor-to-ceiling strip of sunlight — an eery refuge from the turbulence of the times.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2011
Rain had fallen throughout the day, and now heavy clouds drifted overhead, while a chilly breeze shook an eery sighing out of the firs behind him.
From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold
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