phantasmagoric
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It certainly bests the phantasmagoric desert full of sandworms.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2024
The costumes of the cachaceros, representing Africans, are phantasmagoric confections of old jaguar pelts, caiman skulls and peccary teeth.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024
Much that occurs is slightly phantasmagoric, resulting in a story of psychological disorientation as well as physical threat.
From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023
The same holds for Steve Erickson, whose work blends the phantasmagoric — in “Our Ecstatic Days,” a lake appears at the corner of Laurel Canyon and Hollywood boulevards — with the stuff of daily life.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022
Evidently there was no chance of getting at the anatomical details, if any existed, underneath that brocaded waistcoat of phantasmagoric satin.
From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant
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