ghostlike

Example Sentences

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At one point, a character simply disappears, the last known image of her being appropriately ghostlike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Now much of the ghostlike alleyway is boarded up.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2023

Today predictions for new ghostlike particles are almost a dime a dozen, but in the early part of the last century, introducing potentially unobservable particles simply wasn’t done.

From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2023

Robin can’t get through a school lunch without losing his cool — should he be expected to sort out the implications of his ghostlike brain-tutor mom?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2021

A white blur was standing by the door, silent, ghostlike.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright