On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Preternatural. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as uncanny or extraordinary and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Preternatural meaning
- Beyond or not conforming to what is natural or according to the regular course of things; strange.
- Having an existence outside of the natural world.
Synonyms of Preternatural
Using Preternatural
- The main meaning on this page is: Beyond or not conforming to what is natural or according to the regular course of things; strange. | Having an existence outside of the natural world.
- Useful related words include: uncanny, extraordinary, nonnatural, otherworldly.
- In the example corpus, preternatural often appears in combinations such as: the preternatural, his preternatural, with preternatural.
Context around Preternatural
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Preternatural
- In this selection, "preternatural" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, eerie, finds, precision, calm and poker stand out and add context to how "preternatural" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and eerie preternatural calm and by a preternatural entity named. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "preternatural" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with preternatural
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Through their rituals, Crowley believed that they were contacted by a preternatural entity named Alamantrah. (15 words)
It’s a skill Nagy, who spends his days trying to drill players to perfection, finds preternatural. (17 words)
The pleasures of this novel come not from suspense but from the preternatural precision and authenticity of Price’s eye and prose. (22 words)
McDermott relies on his preternatural poker skills to concoct a strategy to get his 30-grand back, pay off the loan sharks for his buddies, and have enough high society left over to make his dream come true and buy a seat at the World Series of Poker. (48 words)
In Aquino's book, The Book of the Law was presented as a genuine spiritual text given to Crowley by preternatural sources, but it was also declared that Crowley had both misunderstood its origin and message. (36 words)
Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor renowned for his preternatural optimism for America and its citizens' well-being, on Thursday encouraged those worried about the economic prospects for themselves and their children to shed their fears. (35 words)
Example sentences (13)
The pleasures of this novel come not from suspense but from the preternatural precision and authenticity of Price’s eye and prose.
If you saw her in “Vox Lux” or “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” you might recall her presence more than anything else, her watchful intelligence and eerie, preternatural calm.
McDermott relies on his preternatural poker skills to concoct a strategy to get his 30-grand back, pay off the loan sharks for his buddies, and have enough high society left over to make his dream come true and buy a seat at the World Series of Poker.
The deductive nature of the law, when combined with the preternatural character of alternative investing, forms a conflicting amalgam joined in service of a specific objective — creating “alpha,” or outsized, risk-adjusted returns.
Throughout, Mary Trump portrays the support Donald received from his father as critical to his attempts to create a brand for himself as a “master of the universe” with a preternatural ability for business.
He is a preternatural prophet of boom and has yet to meet a Philippine leader worthy of his objection, scorn and dissent.
But Zula is not a rustic; she’s a louche modern with uncanny musical gifts and preternatural powers of performance: the honesty of sorrow of her singing is devastating.
It’s a skill Nagy, who spends his days trying to drill players to perfection, finds preternatural.
Spectacular Pub Quizzes are putting on a trivia night dedicated to all things Slytherin, so don some emerald and silver robes and let's put that preternatural sense of ambition to good use.
Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor renowned for his preternatural optimism for America and its citizens' well-being, on Thursday encouraged those worried about the economic prospects for themselves and their children to shed their fears.
In Aquino's book, The Book of the Law was presented as a genuine spiritual text given to Crowley by preternatural sources, but it was also declared that Crowley had both misunderstood its origin and message.
The demonic legacy invests Merlin with a preternatural knowledge of the past and present, which is supplemented by God, who gives the boy a prophetic knowledge of the future.
Through their rituals, Crowley believed that they were contacted by a preternatural entity named Alamantrah.
Common combinations with preternatural
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the preternatural 2×
- his preternatural 2×
- with preternatural 2×
- by preternatural 2×