ghostlike
Example Sentences
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At one point, a character simply disappears, the last known image of her being appropriately ghostlike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Jacques said he wanted a scary Manitas, a “chimera” — a ghostlike existence — but the makeup had to remain realistic and believable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025
Now much of the ghostlike alleyway is boarded up.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023
Today predictions for new ghostlike particles are almost a dime a dozen, but in the early part of the last century, introducing potentially unobservable particles simply wasn’t done.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023
A child with no descent line would not soften her life but only trail after her, ghostlike, begging her to give it purpose.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
