Examples of ghostly in a Sentence
A ghostly figure appears in the house at night.
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There’s poetry in all this mistiness, and in Rosi’s monochrome palette, which is by turns crisp and ghostly, and effortless in its ability to collapse the distance between past and present.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
In the gray dawn, rows of bicycles bobbed at their moorings, as though lifted by ghostly hands.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Though an occasional cellphone or refrigerator does make an appearance, Salvation takes place against an epic, timeless canvas, one filled with torchlit gatherings, solitary figures lurking in caves, and ghostly hallucinations.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Cities far below the International Space Station (ISS) and stars far in the cosmic distance create ghostly trails of light in this long-exposure photograph from NASA astronaut Chris Williams.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2026
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
In the gray dawn, rows of bicycles bobbed at their moorings, as though lifted by ghostly hands.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Though an occasional cellphone or refrigerator does make an appearance, Salvation takes place against an epic, timeless canvas, one filled with torchlit gatherings, solitary figures lurking in caves, and ghostly hallucinations.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Cities far below the International Space Station (ISS) and stars far in the cosmic distance create ghostly trails of light in this long-exposure photograph from NASA astronaut Chris Williams.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Ghostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghostly. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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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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