Examples of ghostly in a Sentence
A ghostly figure appears in the house at night.
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But Emily has such a ghostly energy.
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2025
With glowing eyes, a chilling Vincent Price-style voice (delivering deliciously cheesy dialogue), and four points of ghostly animatronic movement, this bony specter is every bit the haunted showstopper.
—PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
Perhaps there’s a haunting to be had in this injustice; perhaps these war dead, with the truth of their deaths hidden and covered up at the time, have left their own ghostly imprint upon the bay, drawing forth further inexplicable sights, sounds, and activity.
—Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
When teen, Kat (Christina Ricci) and her pseudo spiritual medium dad (Bill Pullman) are hired to rid a haunted mansion of its ghostly inhabitants, Kat ends up meeting a friendly ghost named Casper.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2025
With glowing eyes, a chilling Vincent Price-style voice (delivering deliciously cheesy dialogue), and four points of ghostly animatronic movement, this bony specter is every bit the haunted showstopper.
—PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
Perhaps there’s a haunting to be had in this injustice; perhaps these war dead, with the truth of their deaths hidden and covered up at the time, have left their own ghostly imprint upon the bay, drawing forth further inexplicable sights, sounds, and activity.
—Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
When teen, Kat (Christina Ricci) and her pseudo spiritual medium dad (Bill Pullman) are hired to rid a haunted mansion of its ghostly inhabitants, Kat ends up meeting a friendly ghost named Casper.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Ghostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghostly. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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ghostly
adjective
ghost·ly
ˈgōst-lē 
ghostlier; ghostliest
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a ghost
ghostliness
noun
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