ghost story

noun

1

: a story about ghosts

2

: a tale based on imagination rather than fact

Examples of ghost story in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Recently reissued under the collection Hauntings, Lee’s ghost stories are about haunted minds, the mysteries of the past imposing themselves on the present, and the return of the repressed. —Literary Hub, 26 May 2026

The film adaptation will expand beyond the game’s premise by folding in local urban legends, ghost stories, and old Vietnamese customs. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 May 2026

After days filled with family-friendly concerts, wagon rides and ghost stories in the preserve, the Sea Pines Resort’s Inn & Club at Harbour Town provides a quiet respite. —Katie Lara, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026

In Hokum, the Cork native transports viewers to Ireland’s remote and possibly haunted Bilberry Woods Hotel alongside prickly American author Ohm Baumann (Adam Scott) for a good ol' fashioned hair-raiser of a ghost story. —Megan McCluskey, Time, 4 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ghost story

• aurore
• forbore
• outlawry
• pylori
• savoury
• signori
• signory
• vainglory
• accusatory
• admonitory
• ambulatory
• amendatory