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Recent Examples of preternatural Reyes’ borderline preternatural resilience quickly becomes an amusing running gag in a movie that plays like the most splatterific Looney Tunes cartoon ever made. Joe Leydon, Variety, 8 May 2025 But his preternatural talent attracts more than local revelers; vampires descend on the party, culminating in a bloody fight for freedom. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025 Comments Director and former actor Ron Howard may have landed his first series regular gig on The Andy Griffith Show at the ripe old age of 5, but even a preternatural talent may get rusty. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025 There, his preternatural musical ability sets off a chain of supernatural events. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for preternatural
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preternatural
Adjective
  • Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series Cristin Milioti in The Penguin Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series Deirdre O’Connell in The Penguin Cristin is just so extraordinary, and she’s always been extraordinary.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • These bargain hunters will sometimes go to extraordinary lengths to find a deal.
    Linnea Geiss, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Along with being experts in the martial arts, many of the competitors exhibit supernatural abilities.
    Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • To ask for advice is to reach for a person whose vision exceeds yours, for reasons supernatural (oracles, mediums), professional (doctors, lawyers), or pastoral (parents, friends).
    Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • With his sword, superhuman strength, and loyal friends, He-Man defends Eternia and the secrets of Castle Grayskull from the forces of the evil sorcerer Skeletor.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 15 June 2025
  • Previously, Munn played tenacious news journalist Sloan Sabbith on Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom series, as well as known for playing superhuman mutant Betsy Braddock in X-Men: Apocalypse.
    Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • Is there a relationship between writing and fiction and unusual height?
    Jane Smiley June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
  • Now, another unusual way to grab hiring managers attention is going viral: Sneaking your resume into a box of donuts.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Set in the world of Remedy’s 2020 paranormal action-adventure game Control, Firebreak takes place six years after the events of the mainline title, wherein a government organization dubbed the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC) has set up shop to contain an otherworldly threat known as the Hiss.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2025
  • Renovate your hotel, investigate paranormal happenings, and fend off eldritch abominations.
    Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • That the vice president would be more amusing with less hair, a perfectly rounded face, and an uncanny, doll-like stare?
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2025
  • In Girls with Long Shadows, the triplets are linked by that uncanny psychological and physical sibling familiarity; if one sister has a headache, the other two’s temples pulse with empathetic pain.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Danny Boyle is a director known for his exceptional use of music to score key — and now iconic — scenes in his films.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 25 June 2025
  • This year’s lineup showcases an exceptional slate of films representing both the Hudson region and international perspectives, reflecting the festival’s belief in the unifying power of cinema.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • After decades of unleashing all sorts of brilliant, transcendental digs to people of all races and backgrounds, has Patti LuPone gone too far by doubling down on her feud with two prestigious actresses of color?
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 28 May 2025
  • Plus, the music is still transcendental across the board.
    David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Preternatural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preternatural. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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