ghostlike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostlike
Adjective
  • Ghost Tour: Take a night tour through the eerie streets of Bisbee, known for its haunted past and the ghostly tales of its mining days.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2025
  • Their love is reignited in the most unlikely form, but not everyone welcomes her return—especially March’s family, still unsettled by a ghostly presence that appeared after a factory worker’s death forced their business to close.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • In his music, the phrase takes on a spectral weight: five leaves left on a tree, trembling as summer slips into fall; five moments of clarity before sleep; five truths too delicate for morning.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
  • Each material, including pollutants, has a unique spectral signature that allows scientists to identify it.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • The system notices when safety sensors aren’t talking to each other right and fixes them before those phantom braking glitches.
    Raghu Para, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • For another, a one-and-done remedy for the condition’s most debilitating manifestations is, quite simply, a phantom goal.
    Caren Zucker, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
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“Ghostlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostlike. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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