creepiness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Executive produced by the Duffer Brothers of ‘Stranger Things,’ this series follows an engaged couple on an overlong and aimless journey filled with creepiness and dread.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
After nearly three years, Apple TV+’s thriller returns with more sci-fi creepiness, nuanced social commentary and black humor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
In the heat-soaked world of Marty Hart and Rust Cohle, creepiness was an affectation — part misdirecting figment, part metaphor.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2024
“The Other Black Girl” is a genre-blending mix of social satire, commentary and creepiness streaming now on Hulu.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023
Not only the creepiness of Seward Park and the creepiness that just happened at Dick’s, but all creepiness, all powerlessness, all moments where you feel your fate in someone else’s hands.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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