Deflected by the blow, Michael dropped back to earth and ran on with his longest leaps to catch up and make his next spring. But the man had noticed another thing. At such close range, bringing his whip down, he could not help noting that Michael had kept his eyes open under the blow. Neither had he winced nor blinked as the whip slashed down on him. The thing was uncanny. It was something new in the way of dogs. Michael sprang again, the man timed him again with the whip, and he saw the uncanny thing repeated. By neither wince nor blink had the dog acknowledged the blow.英文原著 · 《Michael, Brother of Jerry》
And he seized her from where she stood, and held her at his big arms' length, gazing at her uncanny beauty with looks that took her in from head to foot.英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
Mesmerism followed close upon phrenology; and this too had its lecturers, who entertained the stronger portion of their audiences by showing them how easily the weaker ones could be brought under an uncanny influence.英文原著 · 《A New England Girlhood》
Not a moment had I paused for my precious fable. It had all. been prepared for me by Raffles, in case of need. I was merely repeating a lesson in which I had been closely schooled. But at the window there was pause enough, filled only by the uncanny wheezing of the man I could not see.英文原著 · 《A Thief in the Night》
The girl came slowly forward, and Joan felt as if the uncanny eyes were eating her up. She made an effort and held out her hand with a smile, and the girl's long thin fingers closed on it in a pressure that hurt. She did not speak. "She only came back yesterday for the half-term," explained Mrs. Phillips. "There's no keeping her away from her books. 'Twas her own wish to be sent to boarding-school. How would you like to go to Girton and be a B.A.英文原著 · 《All Roads Lead to Calvary》
All that day he traveled, laying his course by the rounding sun. The forest seemed interminable; nowhere did he discover a break in it, not even a woodman's road. He had not known that he lived in so wild a region. There was something uncanny in the revelation.英文原著 · 《An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge》
What made my husband paul young such a good investor was his uncanny ability to anticipate the future... zach, how did youdo this?美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
It was totally flirting! "Somebody got a haircut..." Okay,first of all, the impression? Uncanny.美剧 · 《Friends》