How to Use uncanny valley in a Sentence

uncanny valley

noun

• The uncanny valley lives in the gap between the first threshold and the last two.
  — Praful Saklani, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• The footage skirts around the uncanny valley, but something about it still feels eerily smooth.
  — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 17 June 2026
• Forget Dagobah, this Yoda set up shop in the uncanny valley.
  — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 3 May 2026
• This is the uncanny valley of intelligence.
  — Anuradha Weeraman, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
• Welcome to the uncanny valley of enterprise AI.
  — Praful Saklani, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Over several years, Williams and the team explored how avatars modeled on West African masks were able to avoid the uncanny valley, that unease people feel when something almost-human turns out not to be.
  — Benjamin Wolff, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• Likewise, despite the filmmakers’ best efforts, there’s still a few uncanny valleys to be crossed, notably in the up-close, full-body fighting sequences, which remind us how much VFX isn’t quite there yet.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 June 2026
• Three Thresholds To Vet AI The concept of the uncanny valley stems from that eerie feeling people got from seeing early robots that felt too humanlike.
  — Praful Saklani, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026