ghost

Example Sentences

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And she essentially says that this has been a set of cases that ended Wednesday with what she describes as a kind of dead letter, a ghost of whatever Section 2 was.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

What’s left is a shared ghost, an apparition that connects the two women.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

“All we had to do was throw a couple tumbleweeds in there and we would’ve had a ghost town,” Baker said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

And then suddenly he does: This is a ghost story, a possession tale.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

One morning my cousin Elroy came riding up like he’d seen his own ghost.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney