Example Sentences

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The general ickiness of this is pretty on point.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2024

These are stories I want to invest in, and it's irritating to have the alleged Garlin ickiness buzzing around my cranium like a gnat while I try to do that.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2023

“It’s very understandable and hopefully common,” Buller says, “that there is an inherent ickiness to the idea of placing an abstract dollar value on complex life-forms.”

From Scientific American • Apr. 24, 2023

In addition to its general ickiness, I grew tired of that whole plotline this episode including Shauna’s fake tryst with Randy, the most useless character on the show.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023

I shake off all the feeling of ickiness he creates in me, every bit, and it rolls off like it’s oily gunk.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali