How to Use ghost story in a Sentence

ghost story

noun
  • Try to keep up with the twists and turns of this unique ghost story.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Here, the best back road ghost stories from across the country.
    Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Less a ghost story itself than an ode to the thin veil.
    Peter Rubin, Longreads, 2 Nov. 2022
  • This story is way more than a thriller, more than a ghost story.
    Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2022
  • It’s a ghost story, which is a bit of a departure for her.
    Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 12 Oct. 2022
  • At once, he was touched by the notion of writing a ghost story.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2020
  • It’s a ghost story featuring a man who has no idea he’s been cast as the lead.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 July 2021
  • Hear ghost stories, drink spirits, and take a hayride around the cemetery.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
  • One evening, the group read aloud from a book of ghost stories, and then Byron challenged each of them to write one.
    Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • And other people have told ghost stories about the White House for years.
    Megan Friedman, Good Housekeeping, 18 Oct. 2018
  • Rumored to be one of the most haunted places in Scotland, ghost stories abound.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023
  • And then here’s a ghost story set in an Irish pub during the pandemic.
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • For Halloween, some D.C. ghost stories that will chill you to your marrow.
    Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2023
  • This isn't the start of campfire ghost story or a creepy urban legend.
    Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
  • But don’t think of Haigh’s personal film as a ghost story.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • In the mood for some celebrity hauntings and ghost stories this Halloween?
    Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Like any good ghost story, the house also seems haunted.
    Salamishah Tillet, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • This ghost story is richer and deeper than the usual scary tale.
    Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Its reputation is one of the reasons Carr chose to write a ghost story.
    Rachel Ryan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2021
  • Built in 1922, this local landmark (once home to a speakeasy) has ghost stories galore.
    Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • In The Fog, your seaside-ghost story, the music is more ambient.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The rock is a legend: part ghost story, part tourist attraction.
    Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Grab your flashlights, sleeping bags and fire up the grill, and after the sun sets, see who can tell the spookiest ghost stories.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • For even the most rational minded among us, a good ghost story is hard to resist.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021
  • The monster reappears four years later, as Mary struggles to come up with a ghost story.
    Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Each song had a unique character, whether a ghost story by a campfire or a plea by a longing lover.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Discover why owls are a witch’s best friend and how ghost stories got started.
    Robert Gant, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Even to this day, the ghostly face in the courthouse window, along with a version of the white ghost story, serves as a kitschy tourist attraction.
    Eric Herschthal, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Cincinnati has its fair share of ghost stories, legends and whispers.
    Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Do the littlest kids really have to sleep alone after all those ghost stories?
    Rebekah Lowin, Country Living, 28 May 2019

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