Examples of ghost story in a Sentence
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In the mood for some celebrity hauntings and ghost stories this Halloween?
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Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2023
In the decades since, there have been rumors and ghost stories but no conclusive evidence about their fate.
—Longreads, 8 Sep. 2023
Other autumn happenings: jug band music, a hoedown and ghost stories.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
For Halloween, some D.C. ghost stories that will chill you to your marrow.
—Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2023
Make a hit in the genre, and you’re all but guaranteed a slew of sequels that follow a tight formula: slasher films where a monstrous force stalks the youth, ghost stories set in creepy houses.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2023
In another scene from the film, Imperioli tells a personal ghost story from the Chelsea Hotel.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
Based on a Japanese ghost story, the delicate drama was arguably the sleeper of the festival.
—Lisa Kennedy, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
The monster reappears four years later, as Mary struggles to come up with a ghost story.
—Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
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Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2023
In the decades since, there have been rumors and ghost stories but no conclusive evidence about their fate.
—Longreads, 8 Sep. 2023
Other autumn happenings: jug band music, a hoedown and ghost stories.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
For Halloween, some D.C. ghost stories that will chill you to your marrow.
—Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2023
Make a hit in the genre, and you’re all but guaranteed a slew of sequels that follow a tight formula: slasher films where a monstrous force stalks the youth, ghost stories set in creepy houses.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2023
In another scene from the film, Imperioli tells a personal ghost story from the Chelsea Hotel.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
Based on a Japanese ghost story, the delicate drama was arguably the sleeper of the festival.
—Lisa Kennedy, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
The monster reappears four years later, as Mary struggles to come up with a ghost story.
—Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Ghost story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghost%20story. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
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