wraith

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Recent Examples of wraith 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 Indeed, Moore is writing in a treacherous emotional realm here, and her story moves with no more predictability than a wraith. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 13 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for wraith
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Noun
  • His voice is the ghost in the machine, a strangely humane presence amid all the urban-industrial pastoral.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
  • In the epic fifth and final season, Joe Goldberg returns to New York to enjoy his happily ever after… until his perfect life is threatened by the ghosts of his past and his own dark desires.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For much of its history, the Church has had to defend itself against accusations that levitations, apparitions, and other miracles were not the work of God but that of the devil.
    Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Todd, the neighbor, even the strange apparitions are obfuscated simply because of their height, which adds to the eerieness of Indy’s experience but also makes Indy’s recognition of Todd’s voice all the more emotional.
    Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Will the new pope revive a more conservative approach to the church or stay in the modern spirit of Francis? The coming days will tell.
    Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Over time, this becomes a powerful language between you and your spirit.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Sony’s 360 Spatial Sound Mapping algorithm, which can create a phantom 5.1.4 system or higher from just four speakers, inspired vivid sonic immersion.
    Ryan Waniata, Wired News, 2 Apr. 2025
  • To combat such phantoms, Georgian Dream has passed new legislation that criminalizes assembly and protest.
    Anastasiya Zavyalova, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Wraith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wraith. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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