Examples of ghostly in a Sentence
A ghostly figure appears in the house at night.
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That little tidbit of haunting history doesn’t have anything to do with the elk’s ghostly appearance.
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Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
These ghostly demons are said to appear before a person's passing, a premonition that looks identical to the soon-to-be-deceased.
—Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
Vogue recently spoke to Walker about letting Tom Wolfe guide her expectations of present-day digital media, her favorite blog she’s ever written, the ghostly specter of the girlboss, and attempting to resist universalizing in her writing.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 May 2025
Of course, the ghostly structure isn't a real bone, but rather a galactic center filament, one of many massive structures created by radio waves threaded along magnetic fields at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 7 May 2025
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Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
These ghostly demons are said to appear before a person's passing, a premonition that looks identical to the soon-to-be-deceased.
—Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
Vogue recently spoke to Walker about letting Tom Wolfe guide her expectations of present-day digital media, her favorite blog she’s ever written, the ghostly specter of the girlboss, and attempting to resist universalizing in her writing.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 May 2025
Of course, the ghostly structure isn't a real bone, but rather a galactic center filament, one of many massive structures created by radio waves threaded along magnetic fields at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 7 May 2025
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“Ghostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghostly. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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ghostly
adjective
ghost·ly
ˈgōst-lē 
ghostlier; ghostliest
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a ghost
ghostliness
noun
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