ghost story
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The quintessential ghost story is back to haunt your dreams with the recent debut of The Haunting of Hill House, Netflix's new miniseries adaptation of Shirley Jackson's classic 1959 gothic horror novel. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Haunting of Hill House," 22 Oct. 2018 Stay tuned for ghost stories told around the Yule fire and a looming fear over unwelcome visitors. — Michaela Bechler, Vogue, "The Best Holiday Specials to Watch (and Stream) Now," 7 Dec. 2018 That, to Rambin, is the real underlying terror to this ghost story. — Amanda Mitchell, Marie Claire, "Leven Rambin May Be a Tiny Bit Psychic," 26 Sep. 2018 And other people have told ghost stories about the White House for years. — Megan Friedman, Good Housekeeping, "Jenna Bush Hager Shares a Scary Story About the White House Being ‘Haunted’," 18 Oct. 2018 These included ghost stories and opportunities for young people to meet and court each other. — Regina Hansen, WSJ, "The Multicultural Past of Our Commercial Halloween," 26 Oct. 2018 The Haunting of Hill House offers up plenty of bone-chilling horror, but like all the best ghost stories, that horror is rooted in the complexities of the human psyche. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Haunting of Hill House," 22 Oct. 2018 In the case of The Little Stranger, the result is a ghost story that doubles as a chilling look at toxic masculinity. — Aja Romano, Vox, "How The Little Stranger uses its ghost story to mask a study in toxic masculinity," 6 Sep. 2018 Although 2017 was the year of the horror film, there was at least one ghost story that wasn’t scary: this one, directed by David Lowery. — Gabe Cohn, New York Times, "What’s on TV Monday: ‘David Bowie: The Last Five Years’ and ‘A Ghost Story’," 8 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ghost story.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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