Example sentences for: uncanny

How can you use “uncanny” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • One gaunt statue, Ombra della Sera (Evening Shadow), is an uncanny 2,000-year-old precursor of a modern Giacometti.

  • As an example of how uncanny the type sorter can be, take Bill Clinton, who Keirsey classifies as an ESFP.

  • Later, on many visits to Germany, I reluctantly submitted to the title of Hair Torpor, an uncanny prediction of what was to befall my then luxuriant growth.

  • But, if you forgive me for tooting my horn a little, you may remember a little piece I wrote for the New Republic in 1988, called "Paristroika," laying out the uncanny similarities between the situation of the then-Soviet Union and the situation of France on the eve of its 1789 revolution (the pompous Sovietologist Jerry Hough wrote a condescending letter to the editor, scolding me for my ignorance in failing to realize that the Russians would never let things get to the point where Ukraine or Lithuania might secede.

  • There are displays of artisans creating the jewels — look for models with an uncanny resemblance to John Lennon and Paul McCartney.


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