apparitions

plural of apparition

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Recent Examples of apparitions Forced to participate in increasingly macabre rituals and tests, Giacomo is consumed by the sinister — as apparitions, ghosts and deadly rumors start to accumulate. Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025 Forced to participate in increasingly macabre rituals and tests, Giacomo is consumed by the sinister — as apparitions, ghosts and deadly rumors start to accumulate. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025 Harker’s lonely investigations are often interrupted by jump scares courtesy of dark apparitions with the silhouettes of nesting dolls. Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025 Ghosts have haunted cinema since the beginning, with some early viewers comparing onscreen people to apparitions. Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 There have been no sightings, no fleeting apparitions. David Ornstein, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025 Some have seen apparitions of a woman in all white, a man dressed in old-fashioned clothing and another man wearing more modern clothing. Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apparitions
Noun
  • On select dates, the pop-up offers a unique drink-and-tattoo experience, as well as live tarot readings ready to reveal what the spirits have in store.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The pair was in good spirits during the season 8 reunion, with Daniel flaunting a tattoo of Taylor's eyes on his chest that's equal parts romantic and upsetting.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ha-Ha-Halloween Song If your toddler is still a tad freaked out by all the skeletons and ghosts appearing around their neighborhood in the form of creepy decorations, and the prospect of dressing up just doesn’t sound appealing, CoComelon can help.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Every room has had an account of ghosts or spirits but certain rooms are consistently haunted.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After escaping the Grabber’s (Ethan Hawke) clutches and putting his killing spree to a permanent end in The Black Phone, Finney investigates a winter camp with his younger sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), who’s had visions of the killer stalking three young boys from beyond the grave.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2025
  • As natural disasters erupt, Virginia flees Detroit with her son Joshua, guided by visions that suggest her child is central to an ancient prophecy.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If dogs are our servants, cats are our shadows.
    Rebecca van Laer September 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The shadows will make things difficult, as could the wind.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025

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