Example Sentences

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His hope is that we “preserve more lands for the unknown, for the phantoms, for the descendants” of the great native species.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

But the phantoms of the past remain, haunting our dreams and taunting us with the comfort of imagined reconciliation, until we wake up and it slips away.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

“Why do you keep coming?” he demanded of his phantoms.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

The brain phantoms thus depict areas in the brain that generate particularly complex signals and are therefore difficult to analyse, such as intersecting nerve pathways.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2024

Then phantoms shivered through the murk, images in indigo.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin