Sentence examples for an alien role from inspiring English sources

But deep in his heart, they thought, he did not have the psyche of a shooter like Larry Bird, Reggie Miller, or even Jordan; therefore, it remained something of an alien role.

The other thing is: Kieswetter has been in the team for three years but he's only been in the middle order – a completely alien role – for a year.

"My face was pretty much covered in a strange, bubble-wrapped mask, but it was great fun," she recalled of her alien role.

It stars Amy Adams as a linguist who comes to play an extraordinary role during an alien visitation.

For his leading role as an alien who takes on the appearance of a woman's dead husband in Starman (1984), he earned a third Oscar nomination.

Scarlett Johansson, 32, received critical acclaim for her role as an alien on the hunt in "Under the Skin" and will appear in 2017 as a crime-fighting policewoman in "Ghost in the Shell". Her superstar turn as the Black Widow in "The Avengers" series has helped to make her the highest-grossing actress of all time, pulling in over $3.3 billion for movie studios, according to Box Office Mojo.

Bowie also carved out a successful acting career, including his role as an alien seeking help for his dying planet in Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth in 1976.

Pauly D takes on the role of an alien avatar.

5. His best-known TV role was an alien.

Williams, who died this year at 63, gained nationwide recognition for his starring role as an alien in "Mork & Mindy" (1978-82).

But there is something more concrete to Hollomon's project than enacting the role of an alien time traveler.