ghost town
Example Sentences
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But at 6 p.m., when the streets had been filled with playing kids and dog-walking neighbors, it becomes a ghost town.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
In an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, LV Petroleum Chief Executive Kris Roach shared his plans for the state-line ghost town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
It wouldn’t be fair to call it a ghost town now, exactly.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
“Instead of a ghost town of property, these campuses could be reused for intergenerational connection and collaboration.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026
I happened to be friends with Davis Pickett on Facebook, and while his profile was a long-abandoned ghost town, it did provide me with one of his usernames—dallgoodman, which led to an Instagram.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
