wraith

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Recent Examples of wraith Discovery, two of the bigger owners of these cable-network wraiths, haven’t had much to show for keeping them up and running. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024 Human puppets swayed over a Pont like wraiths of those who had been staked there. 🎾 Follow Sports Dashing through it all was the torchbearer, his identity unknown. Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 July 2024 And the second revealed the full menagerie of creatures that will appear in Season 2, including wraiths, wolves, ents and a giant cave troll. Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 July 2024 In theory, Netflix’s Dead Boy Detectives should be a feast for the misery wraiths, faceless creatures who feed on pain and suffering. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for wraith
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Noun
  • The Avs needed to trade Rantanen to shake up the locker room, but MacFarland landed terrific regular-season players who turned into postseason ghosts.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
  • Other fake executive orders included pardoning author J.K. Rowling and outlawing ghosts.
    Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • As the music plays, apparitions of shamans and African tribal dancers begin to mingle with the crowd.
    EW.com, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • But Evan Mobley fills those margins with his apparitions of length.
    Jared Weiss, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • With attention to details, brilliantly created thrilling narrative, and the balance between science fiction and human spirit, Colony Three is an incredible excursion to uncover secrets of the new world.
    Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 9 May 2025
  • And even if Grandma can't be at a family gathering in person, her spirit lives on through her recipes.
    Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Ray is an enigma and a mystery, a man who zips into town on a motorbike like a phantom and could just as easily evaporate at any minute.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 May 2025
  • Season 4 continued to expand the paranormal world of Ghosts, with the funny phantoms developing new powers, the introduction of even more specters roaming the Woodstone grounds — and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar), finally able to see the ghosts his wife, Sam (Rose McIver) is always speaking with.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 9 May 2025

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“Wraith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wraith. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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