eerily
in a spooky or uncanny way that makes one uneasy; weirdly:The town empties out eerily at this time of day, giving it a ghostly appearance that visitors find disconcerting.
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How to use eerily in a sentence
The inauguration had to be held in the fortified Kremlin, surrounded by an eerily quiet city.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015 | Movements.Org | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe house was eerily silent on a Friday morning after a huge party.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything | Liz Seccuro | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEach of the women had eerily similar stories that they offered to share on the stand.
And yet his music, to the end, although sometimes almost eerily serene, remained most often volcanic.
Without context, subtlety, and commentary, a parody begins to look eerily like the scenario it is attempting to skewer.
The wind whistled eerily through the scant-leaved scrub-oaks on the slopes above.
Port O' Gold | Louis John StellmanIt floated eerily in no orbit around anything, going nowhere; doing nothing.
Pariah Planet | Murray Leinster"A bad end," concurred the magical echo, its accent and intonation eerily reproducing those of the gamekeeper.
The Orchard of Tears | Sax RohmerA raucous laugh interrupted the Mercurian's feeble voice, and it echoed eerily from the walls of the chamber.
Astounding Stories, June, 1931 | VariousThrough the deep monotone of the breakers he could hear the land breeze sigh eerily about the building.
The League of the Leopard | Harold Bindloss
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