apparitions
Example Sentences
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The text includes an Omniscient Seashell, drinks that offer forgetfulness or remembering, ghostly apparitions, a magical couples’ retreat at the foot of the Atlas Mountains, and a desert prince who becomes obsessed with Helena.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
"A lot of the time we're just scared of these apparitions that we've created and these narratives that we've foisted upon other people."
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2024
To do so, he elicits help from fellow students, but their presentation is derailed by unlikely apparitions: a conquistador, a small child, Laura Linney.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
The Iron Monkey metalworkers are known for the multistory apparitions they conjure every year, haul to Burning Man and set on fire.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
This was too theatrical to be true, yet there they were: sudden apparitions, like Martians.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
