ghosts
Example Sentences
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The adults as much as the teenagers find themselves beset by doubts about their futures, haunted by the ghosts of their pasts, or agonizing over the thorny matter of God’s presence or absence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Homer’s trip to the land of the dead is crowded with ghosts from Odysseus’ past and Greek legend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
For Dan Tana’s, as far as ghosts go, they comprise a who’s who of Hollywood royalty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Daisy’s husband Matt, for one, feels torn about the spoopiness that retailers foreground with their shelves of pastel pumpkins and rainbow-hued ghosts, and not just because of the aesthetics.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
The room was packed with demons, and she thought she saw the slightest shimmer of ghosts in the back, all hanging on Ashmodai’s every word.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
