apparition

Example Sentences

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“She is Our Lady of Guadalupe,” he tells me, a Marian apparition venerated as a national icon in Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

One of the finest stories here, “Late,” involves another apparition.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

It's a trait Abigail explores on the opening track, Agnus Dei, which depicts one of her exes as a heavenly apparition, descending from the clouds onto London Bridge.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

But Navarro is lured away by the apparition of her dead sister, floating by in the murky water beneath them.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2024

She set out for the library, and as soon as she opened the door an apparition came running toward her.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland