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

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

The fabric pieces “have a ghostlike quality,” he said.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Aunty Cloud doesn't say a thing, just floats by, ghostlike.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman