: in a strange and eerie manner : mysteriously, weirdly
The museum had closed for the night and it was eerily still.—
Brian Selznick
Brian SelznickIn a case eerily similar to the Vicki Hoskinson murder, an eleven-year-old girl in Louisiana disappeared while riding her bicycle.—David Fisher
David FisherExamples of eerily in a Sentence
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The earlier part of that decade was eerily similar to the past couple of years: high inflation and high mortgage rates, as Fortune previously reported.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
Frank Corrado is a cast standout with his sly, still and eerily understated performance as Göring.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2024
Plumes of smoke always seem to be rising from somewhere in the distance, and apart from a few congregation zones—a makeshift campsite where kids play with abandon, a crowded block where desperate Brooklynites line up for water rations—the landscapes are eerily emptied out.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
The enduring image from the days immediately after the slayings would be the Bronco cruising down eerily empty freeways, trailed by a fleet of police cars.
—Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
This and other takeaways on a calm and eerily emptied last MipTV, which nonetheless spoke volumes about some directions the international TV business is taking:
MipTV is Dead, Long Live MipTV
Attendance may have dropped by 40% and the weather was certainly a washout.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
Enemies kidnap a young Furiosa from her mother, who chases after her while holding a rifle in an eerily similar fashion to Charlize Theron in Fury Road.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2024
The first half was eerily symmetrical; both teams committed 11 turnovers and shot 19-for-45 from the floor.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
The noise is eerily reminiscent of Russian drone strikes on Ukraine, but this episode was recorded closer to Moscow than to Kyiv.
—Vasco Cotovio, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
Alena Botros, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
Frank Corrado is a cast standout with his sly, still and eerily understated performance as Göring.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2024
Plumes of smoke always seem to be rising from somewhere in the distance, and apart from a few congregation zones—a makeshift campsite where kids play with abandon, a crowded block where desperate Brooklynites line up for water rations—the landscapes are eerily emptied out.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
The enduring image from the days immediately after the slayings would be the Bronco cruising down eerily empty freeways, trailed by a fleet of police cars.
—Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
This and other takeaways on a calm and eerily emptied last MipTV, which nonetheless spoke volumes about some directions the international TV business is taking:
MipTV is Dead, Long Live MipTV
Attendance may have dropped by 40% and the weather was certainly a washout.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
Enemies kidnap a young Furiosa from her mother, who chases after her while holding a rifle in an eerily similar fashion to Charlize Theron in Fury Road.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2024
The first half was eerily symmetrical; both teams committed 11 turnovers and shot 19-for-45 from the floor.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
The noise is eerily reminiscent of Russian drone strikes on Ukraine, but this episode was recorded closer to Moscow than to Kyiv.
—Vasco Cotovio, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Eerily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eerily. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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