Example Sentences

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I see flashes of modern neo-noirs like Paul Schrader’s “The Canyons,” and the cold but still realistic otherworldliness in David Cronenberg’s “Dead Ringers” and “The Shrouds,” filtered through a silly, gay “Single White Female’ lens.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Their overlapping limbs, seen from different angles, form a syncopated band of unexpected shapes that thrusts Christ’s much larger, confrontational torso toward us, emphasizing his otherworldliness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

"The light is amazing... it's got this kind of otherworldliness to it."

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023

Still, there’s a strong sense of displacement in “Silent River,” which captures the eerie otherworldliness of liminal spaces like hotels, where everything feels like a slightly off-kilter version of reality.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022

That air of otherworldliness in the snarls of her hair and the fearlessness of her step.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr