ghost

Example Sentences

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“It was a ghost town. It felt awkward for the people attending, because it was so silent and empty... We were just as in the dark about the event as the attendees were.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The campus is a virtual ghost town - the only people out and about are those in the long queues for precautionary antibiotics.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

The Council of Science Editors’ recommendations on publication ethics say ghost authorship is “ethically unacceptable” because it misleads readers about potential conflicts of interest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The nonprofit Committee on Publication Ethics says “authorship problems or misconduct can include a ghost author, someone who is omitted or deleted from an author list despite qualifying for authorship.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

I stared at the upright form and was sure it was a ghost, a being from the dead sent for me.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen