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

Foxes pause ghostlike on the permafrost.With one quadrate eye, the vault reflects a frigid blue sea.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2022

A white blur was standing by the door, silent, ghostlike.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright