wraithlike

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.

Throughout the July competency trial, the 20-year-old Dominguez sat wraithlike, pale, his unwashed hair a curtain in front of his eyes.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2023

As the millennia go by, bristlecones become contorted and wraithlike.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2020

The fog bank grew taller, like accumulating wealth, then broke up into twisting wraithlike ribbons as it was buffeted and caressed by currents.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2018

But when the others visit him, they recoil at the sight of its anxious wraithlike residents in the throes of Alzheimer’s and whisk him out of the place.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2012

“People die in hospitals,” she whispered, her fingers clenching the wheel, wraithlike.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover