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Adjective
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There’s only so much a writer can do with a disembodied intelligence.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025 -
That confusion is further reflected by the manic hyper-subjectivity of Bronstein’s filmmaking, which boxes Linda into a close-up so tight that everything around her — especially her unnamed daughter, who almost never appears on screen — might as well be a disembodied echo of her own anxiety.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The legend began after a series of bizarre and terrifying encounters in which settlers reported seeing the ghostly figure charging through the desert, sometimes trampling livestock or vanishing into the night.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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In the first movie, Thames’ Finney and his psychic sister survived their run-in with the kidnapping villain thanks in part to a supernatural phone that could communicate with the Grabber’s ghostly victims.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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As is always the political case in this city, crime is spoken about in a faceless and bodiless manner, even when the numbers of those who kill and who are killed by gunfire remain high among this group: young, Black and male.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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That the bodiless voice of Captain Kafetzis was now coming to me live from above my proprietary Cashmere mattress indicated the obvious seriousness of what had happened in the night.—
Lauren Oyler,
Harper’s Magazine ,
10 Apr. 2023
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In fact, magical life has the potential to be even more radically incorporeal than our own.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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Indeed, in stark contrast to the incorporeal nature of a digital image, each of Winant’s photographs is, in a sense, a discrete body: a fallible material entity that boasts a hidden physical history and that will compositionally deteriorate over time.—
Jessica Simmons-Reid,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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The things that Finn has to get past and deal with in the course of the movie are relatively simple, and what Gwen is dealing with is much more complicated in terms of her mother’s death and inheriting her spiritual gift and feeling like an outsider who’s awkward, crazy and freakish.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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Accompanied by a nonchalant guitar performance, dancer and choreographer Dong Jilan, donning a brown velvet dress and having the same long, wavy hair as Sanmao, woke up from a miniature dune and roamed around the set in a highly spiritual and ceremonial fashion.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Scientists have long suspected that the will-o’-the-wisp’s spectral glow came from a chemical reaction in gases released by decaying organic matter.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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For the study, the researchers combined two perovskite layers with a silicon base to maximize spectral coverage.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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Just ask Happy Gilmore 2, a formless, two-hour blob of Adam Sandler’s family and celebrity friends, with no real creative drive to speak of.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Aug. 2025
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With its eerily formless threat, catchy theme song, wholesome teen heroes, and ingeniously practical ooze effects (a dazzling mix of in-camera and optical printing), The Blob straddles atomic-era paranoia and gooey creature-feature fun.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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Divers have told tales of muffled voices, phantom lights and shadows, and other eerie encounters during their time beneath the sea.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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Paranormal activity has been reported for decades, from phantom footsteps to objects mysteriously moving on their own.—
Jacqueline Dole,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Wraithlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wraithlike. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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