How to Use unnatural in a Sentence
unnatural
adjective- It seems unnatural to keep the bird in a cage.
- Her smile looked forced and unnatural.
- She has an unnatural obsession with money.
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So there’s a lot of things that just seem so unnatural to it.
— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2021 -
Try as the writers might, the dialogue is unnatural to the ear and the jokes are flat.
— Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2020 -
But the resulting smiles pulled the corner of the mouth up in an unnatural way, Byrne said.
— Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2022 -
The movement seemed forced, unnatural and out of place.
— Brad Lendon, CNN, 15 Apr. 2021 -
Many of them, like Medusa, have the face of a woman but other grotesque, unnatural body parts.
— Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2021 -
Words that look fine on the page can sound clunky or unnatural when spoken.
— Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024 -
For Manning, the choice to come to USC seemed a little unnatural.
— Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022 -
Bits of shrimp and potato spilled out the back, despite the unnatural angle of my head.
— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024 -
The back and neck are bent in unnatural positions when hunched over a bike.
— Jen Murphy, WSJ, 5 June 2021 -
And if hugging a tree or smelling the dirt feels unnatural and cringey to you, find a different way.
— Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 22 Apr. 2022 -
The steel beams that had once held up the glass walls jut at unnatural angles, like so many broken legs.
— Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023 -
Surfers in the area have also complained that the sea had an unnatural smell and color.
— NBC News, 4 Oct. 2020 -
Many of the hallmarks of last year’s shock were unnatural—think, Charmin mania.
— Paul Earle, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2021 -
The role of an unnatural mother is a tricky one, and only an expert could have pulled it off this well.
— Ew Staff, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2022 -
Even though death is the most natural thing in the world, my brother’s death just seemed so unnatural.
— Dina Gachman Daniel Arnold, New York Times, 25 May 2024 -
Salt contamination had turned the soil an unnatural white, the dirt cracking at the base of the well.
— Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2024 -
In the era of TikTok, the act of posting your two cents in two sentences for strangers to consume is starting to feel more and more unnatural.
— Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2023 -
So say goodbye to the days of covering your home with an unnatural, heavy odor.
— Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 29 June 2020 -
But its onset is a milestone for the canal, which earned the nickname Lavender Lake for its unnatural hue.
— Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2020 -
The tires sat at an unnatural angle and one of them was deflated.
— Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022 -
Time doesn’t seem to stretch in unnatural ways anymore.
— Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 20 Oct. 2020 -
Either your head falls forward, or to the side, or you’re propped in such an unnatural way that sleep is just not going to happen.
— Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024 -
Holding his head in the same position for so long is unnatural, just plain wrong.
— Author: Hannah Natanson, Laura Meckler, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Nov. 2020 -
But Xhaka and Soares look very unnatural in the role and Saka is at his best further forwards.
— Joshua Law, Forbes, 16 May 2021 -
Their unnatural gold tint had a coronet pattern, softer in glow around the iris.
— Ishion Hutchinson, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2022 -
The bass comes through clearly without any unnatural boosting, and the whole song swells powerfully for the outro.
— PCMAG, 7 Oct. 2024 -
Goodman’s Pillars are monuments to the power of pills as vessels of pain relief or unnatural highs.
— Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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