creepiness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Two horror-movie odes are “Chain Saw,” which has the LP’s fastest tempo at nearly 180 beats per minute, and “I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement,” a romp on the fear of subterranean creepiness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
The fog had descended, and there was “this sense of creepiness, of this wild, feral place.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
“I did see creepiness immediately,” Kennedy said of Epstein.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2024
If you were rattled by the David Lynch-meets-Stephen King vibe of the original, Remedy is promising to lean even further into the creepiness.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2023
He had wanted spirit powers he’d kept secret from Lázaro—whatever creepiness those Sorrows had taught him.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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