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
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
In the heat-soaked world of Marty Hart and Rust Cohle, creepiness was an affectation — part misdirecting figment, part metaphor.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024
In “Grey House,” the prime trope is coy creepiness.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
They massed at the edge of the pit—a seething black carpet of creepiness.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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