phantasmagorical

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Traditionally, the weird, unnerving and phantasmagorical have not been welcome features in mainstream Hollywood animation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

It felt very spectral and almost phantasmagorical and certainly not a depiction of a truth.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Masks were another Lee signature; his designs could be scary, sorrowful or phantasmagorical.

From New York Times • May 16, 2023

When I spoke to Mogelson, he said that an important thing separating the United States from the war-ravaged countries he’s worked in is the phantasmagorical nature of the American far right’s complaints.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2022

She had lost her count of time; things were phantasmagorical and unreal; all that she could realise was this one overpowering, crushing fact—John was dead!

From Jess by Haggard, Henry Rider