1
: a legendary evil being that robs graves and feeds on corpses
2
: one suggestive of a ghoul
especially
: one who shows morbid interest in things considered shocking or repulsive
Examples of ghoul in a Sentence
in Arabic folklore, ghouls could change their shapes but had one unchanging feature: donkey's hooves for feet
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There are a lot of stock viewer-goosings: Screaming ghoul faces, crawling insects, waking nightmares and other jump scares, including the sonic kind of sudden loud noises or silences.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
The mushroom’s healing properties also lead to hallucinations, often involving mysterious white imps, who should be adorable and instead come across as menacing little ghouls.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
Even with a more intimidating ghoul, like the Creeper, Scooby-Doo is clever enough to get a kid through it.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 23 July 2025
It’s just been confirmed in a rather funny video that has Walton Goggins tearing off his prosthetic ghoul makeup that season 2 has now wrapped production, meaning it is done filming and is entering post production.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
The mushroom’s healing properties also lead to hallucinations, often involving mysterious white imps, who should be adorable and instead come across as menacing little ghouls.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
Even with a more intimidating ghoul, like the Creeper, Scooby-Doo is clever enough to get a kid through it.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 23 July 2025
It’s just been confirmed in a rather funny video that has Walton Goggins tearing off his prosthetic ghoul makeup that season 2 has now wrapped production, meaning it is done filming and is entering post production.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for ghoul
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“Ghoul.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghoul. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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