Examples of ghost town in a Sentence

After all the gold was mined, the place became a ghost town.

Recent Examples on the Web But when artillery shells began peppering the village outskirts, every week spent in the ghost town felt more futile. — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 15 May 2022 There’s no better way to get in the Halloween spirit than with a ghost tour in a ghost town. — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2021 The enchanting storybook wedding took place at Colorado's Dunton Hot Springs, a luxury ranch situated in a former 1800s ghost town. — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 9 Sep. 2021 Guests stayed in a faux ghost town, with a mining office, bank, sheriff’s office and saloon. — Jennifer Maloney, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2021 Inside a refurbished schoolhouse in a ghost town on New Mexico’s rural eastern plains, Debra Dawson sits on the side of her bed. — Samuel Gilbert, Outside Online, 16 May 2020 Splash landing expeditions, mini golf, water wars, playsets, walking trails, ghost town village, 5-acre maze, games and more. — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2021 Anh Do, Valley Boulevard, L.A.'s Chinese main street, was a ghost town in 2020. — Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2022 By the time a citywide shutdown went into effect two months later, Chinatown had become a virtual ghost town, along with similar Asian communities across the United States. — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2022 See More

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