wraith

Example Sentences

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The original Beetlejuice, which starred Michael Keaton as an obnoxious wraith hired to help scare away a house's pretentious inhabitants, was released back in 1988.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2023

This Diana, a pale wraith who clutches at her children like she needs them to keep her tethered, is a bird in a luxurious trap; we see the eating disorders, the mental illness, the misery.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021

“In the final series of swift lifts, her foot seemed barely to touch the floor. It was the image that others have never matched, the airborne wraith who seems to fly out of a lithograph.”

From Washington Post • May 30, 2021

No such strategies can keep the Lyceum’s own pervasive Mina, the vengeful wraith of a murdered girl who haunts the theater, from infiltrating Bram’s thoughts.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2020

The assault slows as the last wraith circles us.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir