ghost
Example Sentences
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“This is a place with a lot of history and culture. But the sad fact is this: We are now a ghost town.”
From Los Angeles Times
The precarious state of her mind forces us to question whether Sylvia and Ted are ghosts, hallucinations or literary inventions sprung to life.
From Los Angeles Times
He’s staring at the photograph as if he’s seen a ghost.
From Literature
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Definitions vary - as do names: it's also been called the "dark" or "ghost" fleet - but shadow vessels generally exhibit some or all of a particular set of characteristics.
From BBC
He didn’t like the idea of ghosts one bit.
From Literature
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