apparition
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bogey (also bogie), familiar spirit, ghost, hant [dialect], haunt [chiefly dialect], materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith
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William & Mary’s President’s House, which is on several campus ghost walks, reportedly has apparitions, says Ms. Rowe. — Kris Frieswick, WSJ, "The Multimillion-Dollar Homes on Campus Where Rent is Free," 4 Oct. 2018 But there's also an intensely melancholy story buried under the surface, told through ghostly apparitions and scraps of information left behind by the long departed. — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, "Ars Technica’s best games of 2018," 24 Dec. 2018 Teeny tiny apparitions which appear to be floating and glowing. — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, "Dollar-Store Tea Lights Make the Most Boo-tiful Halloween Ghosts Ever," 2 Oct. 2018 In the photo, an apparition of Honest Abe seemingly lingers over his wife Mary Todd Lincoln's shoulders in a print by William H. Mumler, a notorious spirit photographer. — Zoe Miller, Good Housekeeping, "This "Ghost Portrait" of Abraham Lincoln Is Creepy and Cool," 30 Oct. 2015 The video, which dropped at 9 AM EST on October 10, features Camila walking through a park in the fall, wearing a pink coat and singing, as apparitions of herself and Dylan in happier times flit before her eyes. — Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, "Dylan Sprouse and Camila Cabello Kiss in New "Consequences" Music Video," 10 Oct. 2018 Trouble begins almost immediately, as the children in particular hear strange creaking sounds, barking dogs, loud banging on the walls at night, and see the odd apparition. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Haunting of Hill House," 22 Oct. 2018 Tales of apparitions and voices coming seemingly from nowhere are rampant amongst these macho, Latino men. — Tom Fowlks, Popular Mechanics, "The Floating Crane That Went From Tending Nazi U-Boats To Fixing the Panama Canal," 1 Aug. 2018 For many who experience sleep paralysis, those hallucinations of demons and apparitions are not uncommon. — Emma Goddard, Good Housekeeping, "What It's Really Like to Suffer From Sleep Paralysis," 21 Feb. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'apparition.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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