phantasmagoric
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Even Miguel de Cervantes’s aging Don Quixote is driven into a phantasmagoric abyss by the reading of chivalrous romance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Celebrating the Declaration of Independence under these circumstances is downright phantasmagoric.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
Ali makes these sort of phantasmagoric horror films, in a way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2024
Set in the aftermath of the first movie, the sequel resumes the story boldly and quickly, delivering visions both phantasmagoric and familiar.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
He must plunge into that phantasmagoric city; he must fly from haunt to haunt; he must drag the depths of every small hell; he must find her to-night.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
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"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe
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