ghost story
nounDefinition of ghost story
1 : a story about ghosts
2 : a tale based on imagination rather than fact
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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. 2018 Played with willowy fragility by Elle Fanning, Mary is an imaginative 16-year-old enamored of ghost stories and constrained by her studious father and conniving stepmother. — Barbara Vandenburgh, azcentral, "Author biopic ‘Mary Shelley’ is simply ordinary," 7 June 2018 When a prolonged rainy spell during an Italian villa getaway leads to Byron’s famous dare — that the company while away the time by each writing a ghost story — only Mary and the gentle amateur Dr. Polidori (Ben Hardy) actually rise to the occasion. — Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, "Mary Shelley’s monster hit," 30 May 2018 This is a Southern gothic mystery that plays out like a ghost story. — refinery29.com, "Author Gillian Flynn On Women Living In Fear & Sharp Objects' Female Rage," 6 July 2018 The six bedroom, three bath mansion, now owned by 5811 Investment Group LLC and open as an art gallery, has been the subject of ghost stories for many years. — Sonia Osorio, miamiherald, "The old Cuban consulate has been the subject of ghost stories. Now it can be yours.," 30 May 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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