ghostly

[ UK /ɡˈə‍ʊstli/ ]
[ US /ˈɡoʊstɫi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. resembling or characteristic of a phantom
    spiritual tappings at a seance
    a ghostly face at the window
    spectral emanations
    a phantasmal presence in the room
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How To Use ghostly In A Sentence

  • The brothers then went on tour, filling theatres with ghostly music, flying coats and spirit voices.
  • But while the mysterious circumstances of the tragedy keep on adding up, the ghostly presence of her partner seems intent on having his say. The Sun
  • Interrupted by just the squat Marble Mountains, we sit insignificantly at the hub of a huge disc of sand curving to every horizon, beneath a dome of stars and the ghostly light of a thin crescent moon.
  • You start in the catacombs but beware ghostly ghouls at every turn!
  • Soon all that was left was nothing more than a ghostly echo of a guilty conscience.
  • The whole thing was a ghostly celebration taking place against a background of collapse and ruin.
  • The figure of a ghostly old woman dressed in a white dress and cape has appeared beside a hollow in the road. Times, Sunday Times
  • He is a ghostly white. Times, Sunday Times
  • She opened her eyes to look around the room she was in, but could only see dim shapes in the ghostly moonlight.
  • Ghostly singing and piano riffs are heard from time to time; scenes end with Hedda downstage center staring at the audience, sometimes followed by her hideous cackle.
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