ghost town
noun
: a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource
Examples of ghost town in a Sentence
After all the gold was mined, the place became a ghost town.
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But the shutdown has turned most parks into ghost towns, with little to no staffing or access to amenities and facilities.
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Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Neville requested the bottle’s finder deliver his letter to his mother Robertina Neville at Wilkawatt, now a virtual ghost town in South Australia.
—CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
There are roughly 1,000 mines in the hills surrounding the ghost town.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
Visitors can choose from nine notable stops along the ghost town route, including the iconic Bodie State Historic Park.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
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Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Neville requested the bottle’s finder deliver his letter to his mother Robertina Neville at Wilkawatt, now a virtual ghost town in South Australia.
—CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
There are roughly 1,000 mines in the hills surrounding the ghost town.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
Visitors can choose from nine notable stops along the ghost town route, including the iconic Bodie State Historic Park.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ghost town
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“Ghost town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghost%20town. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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