Examples of ghostly in a Sentence
A ghostly figure appears in the house at night.
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Homes with ghostly guests will also run home buyers a much higher price in Memphis, where the average value of a haunted home is $266,570, a 77% increase from the average home price of $150, 672.
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Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2024
The humans caught in this ghostly loop cannot escape the past.
Amy Greer and fellow paranormal researcher Michael Renegar spent years trying to track down the possible historical origins of Jamestown’s vanishing hitchhiker.
—Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
In a video captured from a Los Angeles home, a ghostly figure appears suddenly in-frame and appears to move a drink to the floor of their patio.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
The hitch is, the ghostly player can only communicate using surreal, almost dream-like vision cards.
—WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2024
The humans caught in this ghostly loop cannot escape the past.
Amy Greer and fellow paranormal researcher Michael Renegar spent years trying to track down the possible historical origins of Jamestown’s vanishing hitchhiker.
—Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
In a video captured from a Los Angeles home, a ghostly figure appears suddenly in-frame and appears to move a drink to the floor of their patio.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
The hitch is, the ghostly player can only communicate using surreal, almost dream-like vision cards.
—WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Ghostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghostly. Accessed 3 Jan. 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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