A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.

The eerie silence struck terror into their hearts.

He gave his sudden, goblin like grin.

Our smile, which is understandable in the context of Japanese culture, sometimes causes a lot of confusion and is notorious among foreign people as a mysterious smile.

Many Americans are uncomfortable with silence, and they tend to regard silence in a conversation as a signal that they need to start talking.

The recent frequency of earthquakes makes us nervous.

Don't burst out laughing like that. It's creepy.

That evening tea was partaken of in a grim silence.

I thought that that was really weird.