How to Use uncanny in a Sentence

uncanny

adjective

• She has an uncanny sense of direction.
• She had an uncanny resemblance to someone I had seen before.
• The youngest among them seemed to have the uncanny ability to float above the stress and anguish of the place.
  — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2019
• And there was this uncanny strangeness through the whole film.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Jan. 2023
• The folding chair has the uncanny ability to render the crowd in any room a group of equals.
  — Tyler Watamanuk, Curbed, 3 May 2018
• Has an uncanny sense of where all his teammates are on the ice and how to get them the puck in dangerous spots.
  — Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• He is well known for his free spirit and uncanny sense of humor.
  — Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 May 2018
• Both of them wrote novels with uncanny, weird stuff in them.
  — Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 19 Mar. 2022
• That being said, some of her hunches about his moves around the state are uncanny.
  — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanities, 26 Apr. 2018
• The Crown, who embodied the princess with an uncanny grace.
  — Zoe Guy, Marie Claire, 27 Jan. 2021
• Stu doesn’t know how to express his need for love, yet his grudge against the world is uncanny.
  — Armond White, National Review, 20 Apr. 2022
• But the work is really all about the sky and its uncanny connection with the earth below.
  — Washington Post, 29 June 2022
• An uncanny number of motors seem to choose that spot to stop working.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2021
• Grande has been known to do an uncanny impression of the Burlesque icon.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 18 July 2021
• The lyrics, too, convey an uncanny perspective on the world.
  — Pitchfork, 6 Dec. 2023
• This gave his Black figure an uncanny depth and richness of tone.
  — The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
• Better to use his uncanny vision to set up teammates than be greedy.
  — Will Graves, The Seattle Times, 1 June 2017
• The other by studying so hard and showing off his uncanny knack for finding the football.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2020
• Drillers have shown an uncanny ability to expand even as the people putting up the cash have suffered.
  — Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2020
• But the influence of his uncanny melodies and layered lyrics endures.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
• The resemblance was uncanny and drew rave reviews from fans.
  — cleveland, 31 Oct. 2022
• There is no uncanny valley, just a bored-looking avatar who’s about to fire you.
  — John Brandon, Wired, 15 Jan. 2020
• His ability to mirror pass catchers of all sizes and skill sets is uncanny.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• The show’s license to be uncanny is endorsed by the headlines, argues its star.
  — Steve Dollar, latimes.com, 25 May 2017
• The uncanny ride quality translates to great body control in curves.
  — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
• Still, phrased the right way, the thought has an insistent, uncanny magnetism.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
• Moves with uncanny control and balance while moving at his top rate.
  — USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2021
• Has uncanny defensive instincts and impacts the game on both ends.
  — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 1 June 2020
• There was something primal to the sound, something uncanny.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
• An odd effect of that stardom is how that person can start to seem an uncanny sort of familiar.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024