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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The streets around Fenway Park, usually bustling in July, had become a ghost town.
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Justin Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Lyon Local Gems Photograph by Robert K. Chin / Alamy
New York City is a ghost town of my favorite places, of treasured spots that no longer exist.
—Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
Pripyat — previous population 50,000 — was left a ghost town.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Venture out on off-road adventures to nearby ghost towns and mining camps including the Burro Schmidt Tunnel, a .5-mile tunnel hand-dug through solid granite.
—Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2025
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Justin Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Lyon Local Gems Photograph by Robert K. Chin / Alamy
New York City is a ghost town of my favorite places, of treasured spots that no longer exist.
—Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
Pripyat — previous population 50,000 — was left a ghost town.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Venture out on off-road adventures to nearby ghost towns and mining camps including the Burro Schmidt Tunnel, a .5-mile tunnel hand-dug through solid granite.
—Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 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 6 Jun. 2025.
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