wraith

How to use wraith in a sentence

Even in those without mental illness, temporary changes in brain activity can lead to run-ins with wraiths.

The wraith-like coils that had left the mass above had straightened to sharp spear-heads of speed.

But I could smell the lilacs she had left, and the scent of them seemed like the wraith of her presence in the sunny room.

Like a little wraith miraculously tinted with bronze and blue she stopped and faced him piteously for a second.

MOLLY MAKE-BELIEVEELEANOR HALLOWELL ABBOTT

Quite true, fair wraith; but you are not the only ghost at this dance to-night.

Moya faced them tensely, a slim wraith of a girl with dark eyes that blazed.

THE HIGHGRADERWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE

I saw your wraith choose out its last lodgment on Halloween; I know the spot.

ROOKWOODWILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH

Where the light struck dead trees they stood out wraith-like from the dark wave of the forest.

THE PIONEERSKATHARINE SUSANNAH PRICHARD

It was wraith-like in the twilight, the long white gate that barred it from the paddock about the house, growing dim.

THE PIONEERSKATHARINE SUSANNAH PRICHARD

The passing train, half a mile away, gives forth a mere wraith of sound.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985