ghosts
Example Sentences
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Hamilton was clearly not willing to dig up the ghosts of a race that still haunts him, but said: "Yeah, same as George said. Not really much more to add."
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Here, he realizes a triptych of vivid musical postcards recalling the American past: “The Saint-Gaudens in Boston Common,” a hazy conjuring of Civil War ghosts embodied by a memorial to Col.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Daisy’s husband Matt, for one, feels torn about the spoopiness that retailers foreground with their shelves of pastel pumpkins and rainbow-hued ghosts, and not just because of the aesthetics.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
"The city is just this minefield of ghosts," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
It’s dreaded because it also has ghosts that sing in your ear, get you lost, and drive you mad.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
