How to Use ghost story in a Sentence

ghost story

noun

• There’s nothing quite like the creeping dread of a ghost story well told.
  — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
• The city dates back to 1565 which means plenty of time to conjure up its fair share of ghost stories.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
• That film used a classic ghost story framework to raise a cautionary tale about our addiction to technology.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 July 2024
• Went Up a Hill is, after all, a ghost story, but one shaped in a fresh and artful way by a director who, in his second film, already has the control of a master.
  — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
• The Fear Street trilogy is a knowing mash-up of slasher films, ghost stories, and summer camp killers bound together by an ancient supernatural curse.
  — Danny Horn, James Mercadante, Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 31 July 2024
• 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
• Here's the story: All good ghost stories start with a kernel of truth.
  — NOLA.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• 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
• In the back of the same floor, a cozy bar offers high-end hooch, the madam’s teller’s cage and the setting for The Gator Club’s scariest ghost stories.
  — Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
• Rumored to be one of the most haunted places in Scotland, ghost stories abound.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023
• In the New Orleans area, everyone seems to have a ghost story.
  — Susan Langenhennig, NOLA.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• There is no right answer, but there are plenty of ghost stories to go around.
  — Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 26 July 2024
• 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
• But like all ghost stories, there’s a sad story behind it.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• 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

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024