poltergeist

Example Sentences

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Are the noises she hears, the unseen presence she senses, and the electronics that come on at 4 a.m. signs of poltergeist activity, as they would be in almost any other film of this sort?

From Washington Post

A special Halloween episode was performed and broadcast live and was apparently bedeviled by poltergeists before viewers’ eyes.

From New York Times

This winningly spooky historical true-crime book focuses on Nandor Fodor of the International Institute for Psychical Research, who in 1930s London investigated a housewife whose home supposedly harbored a mischievous poltergeist.

From New York Times

“Determining the bona fides of a ransomware attacker is like trying to confirm the height and weight of a poltergeist. Yet that is exactly what the government expects the company to do.”

From Washington Post

"Why don't white people just leave the house when there's a ghost in the house? . . . And not only did they stay in the house with the poltergeist, they invite more people over!"

From Salon