apparition
Example Sentences
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Boone is responsible for tremendous environmental harm but remains unrepentant, even as other apparitions materialize seeking to shame him into confessing his sins.
And when these apparitions vanish, the text’s overriding theme—of life’s evanescence but also its beauty—does finally dovetail with the ghostly images created by the technology.
Aunt Kitty glided down the steps without a sound and moved along the path like a ghostly apparition.
From Literature
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The apparition loomed before them, pale as the moon.
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One of the finest stories here, “Late,” involves another apparition.
From Los Angeles Times
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