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Six example sentences with preternatural, each labelled with its topic.
Her preternatural sense of where a rebound would land let her grab boards over taller players all season.
Basketball
The boy showed preternatural pitch, naming every note in a chord struck behind his back before he turned five.
Music
The film gives its detective a preternatural memory, which lets the script skip the tedious work of real investigation.
Movies
The pastry chef has a preternatural feel for dough, knowing by touch alone when it needs another minute of rest.
Cooking
The novel's governess keeps a preternatural calm through every crisis, which unsettles the reader more than any scream would.
Literature
The champion's preternatural reflexes let him block attacks a frame after they begin, faster than most viewers can see.
Gaming
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