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.
• 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
• This might be the new normal, but that doesn’t stop it from feeling unnatural.
  — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2020
• 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
• The unnatural and hubristic attempt by humans to fly requires many of us to make a leap of faith when boarding a plane.
  — The Economist, 20 Dec. 2019
• My chest and gut have an unnatural reaction to seeing the body up close.
  — Anna Lea Hand, Longreads, 3 Mar. 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
• Just make sure to only use mold-free pumpkins that haven’t been treated with paint or other unnatural products.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2024
• Inside people’s heads, their eyes turn and whirl as their bodies twist into unnatural shapes.
  — Jamie Lang, Variety, 26 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024