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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Luckily, four women from Ohio who had stumbled across the body while searching for a ghost town found Jane Doe roughly eight hours after the murder, Miller said.
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
But California’s gold rush era is the source of many great ghost stories—and ghost towns.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
Turkey’s ghost town and Iraq’s lost city Just over a century ago, Kayaköy in southwest Turkey was a bustling town of more than 10,000 people.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Each tour also comes with an educational tour of the ghost town.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
But California’s gold rush era is the source of many great ghost stories—and ghost towns.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
Turkey’s ghost town and Iraq’s lost city Just over a century ago, Kayaköy in southwest Turkey was a bustling town of more than 10,000 people.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Each tour also comes with an educational tour of the ghost town.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 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 31 Oct. 2025.
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