ghost town

Example Sentences

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It wouldn’t be fair to call it a ghost town now, exactly.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

ISLAMABAD—The Pakistani capital hosting the highest-level talks between the U.S. and Iran in decades was a ghost town on Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Early Saturday, an overcast Islamabad felt like a ghost town, with almost no civilian traffic on its wide avenues.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

“Instead of a ghost town of property, these campuses could be reused for intergenerational connection and collaboration.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

It was a place where nobody would ever find her—a ghost town on a ghost lake.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar