Sentence examples for uncanny use from inspiring English sources

Exact(1)

(The photographer and filmmaker Elad Lassry, for instance, owes much to Goldstein's vintage-Hollywood aesthetic and uncanny use of props).

Similar(59)

Moreover, however uncanny their use of the nude and genitalia is, the appearance of genitalia and fetishes in their work is simultaneously amusing for conveying formal puns (in deference to Freud, Magritte, Varos) and aesthetically conformed to compositional harmony.

The state government has been constantly bending to the pressure of the builders who use uncanny methods to bend rules and make housing schemes out of the blue, buying land and permissions at cheap rates from the state government.

First, there is Morgan's writing, which combines so brilliantly an exaggerated empathy for what I'm probably not allowed to call the royals' plight with an uncanny ability to use half-truths (and even complete untruths) to achieve some (possibly dubious) higher veracity.

He's physical at the line and has an uncanny sense for using the sideline.

The German for "uncanny" — the adjective used for horror stories — is unheimlich, the grammatical negation of heimlich, which is the word for "secret," while heim means "home".

Once, the projected video panned to one side, giving the impression that the stage — the deck of a ship — was turning, an uncanny effect also used in Michael Counts's projection-based version of Rossini's "Moses in Egypt" for New York City Opera in April.

Eisner used uncanny creative instincts to turn the company around.

Several of the league's top netminders, including Phoenix's Mike Smith and the New York Rangers Henrik Lundqvistt, work farther back in the paint and use their uncanny reflexes to make saves.

ABC, Sept. 23 at 8. THE MENTALIST Another stab at giving a new twist to the police procedural: in this show, a one-time hoaxer who posed as a television magician-psychic has become a cop who can use his uncanny powers of observation to solve murders (though he's still having trouble finding the killer of his wife and child).

Bill goes on to describe a few examples from the programming side of things, but I'd like to talk about some examples from the hardware side and how manufacturers can use the "uncanny valley" in their designs.

Show more...

Ludwig, your English writing platform

Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.

Student

Used by millions of students, scientific researchers, professional translators and editors from all over the world!

MitStanfordHarvardAustralian Nationa UniversityNanyangOxford

Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak quote

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak

CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com

Get started for free

Unlock your writing potential with Ludwig

Letters

Most frequent sentences: