apparition
Example Sentences
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Described as a "Glasgow ghost story", the new script sees Lex suddenly faced with his dead brother's resurrection, as a ghost, an apparition, or a reality - he does not know.
From BBC
Even the audience, suddenly aware of enacting an unexpected pas de deux with an apparition, collaborates in creating consciousness of vernacular bodily actions.
From Los Angeles Times
An apparition haunts a family’s home in the supernatural Netflix comedy “We Have a Ghost.”
From New York Times
The only truck we saw, like an apparition, happened to be selling fresh pastries.
From Washington Post
Macbeth sees a ghost in a pool of water that he holds in his hands; the apparition dissolves as he comes back to his senses.
From Salon
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