ghost story
Example Sentences
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Strikingly, “Ghost-Eye” has none of the eerie mood of a Gothic novel or ghost story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Presence” was a ghost story about teenage loneliness, filmed from the perspective of a spirit haunting the house a grieving family has just moved into.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
Toni Morrison, whose “Beloved” changed me when I first read it as a teen, showed me how a novel can be ghost story, reckoning, testimony and lullaby all at once.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
In a time of twisty, “prestige” supernatural horror, the good, old-fashioned ghost story has fallen by the wayside.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025
The way she told it—even now, six years later—freaked me out worse than any ghost story I’d ever heard.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
