Examples of the willies in a Sentence
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But Nemo isn’t creepy, Pikachu doesn’t give you the willies, and Big Bird is nowhere near the precipice of the uncanny valley.
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
But one of the emails Lucy wrote to Joyce contains something that gives even me the willies:
Bethany’s middle name is Allana.
—Benjamin Hale, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
The story behind a legendary Jeep’s name gives some fans the willies.
—USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
But those little black spiders that run like the wind give me the willies.
—Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2023
The veg sandwich, in which a salty and steroidal oyster mushroom subs for the bird, just gives me the willies.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
Memory is imperfect, as Forth explains in his book, and encounters with a modern-day hobbit can scare the willies out of anyone.
—Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 16 May 2022
But most of the Christmas-y efforts feel original, including a bloody throw down in a retail store, a twisty story with heisting Santas, and a yuletide family dinner that'll give you the willies.
—Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
This Image miniseries, which has almost reached its conclusion, genuinely gives me the willies.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2021
Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
But one of the emails Lucy wrote to Joyce contains something that gives even me the willies:
Bethany’s middle name is Allana.
—Benjamin Hale, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
The story behind a legendary Jeep’s name gives some fans the willies.
—USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
But those little black spiders that run like the wind give me the willies.
—Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2023
The veg sandwich, in which a salty and steroidal oyster mushroom subs for the bird, just gives me the willies.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
Memory is imperfect, as Forth explains in his book, and encounters with a modern-day hobbit can scare the willies out of anyone.
—Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 16 May 2022
But most of the Christmas-y efforts feel original, including a bloody throw down in a retail store, a twisty story with heisting Santas, and a yuletide family dinner that'll give you the willies.
—Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
This Image miniseries, which has almost reached its conclusion, genuinely gives me the willies.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2021
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