How to Use ghostly in a Sentence

ghostly

adjective

• A ghostly figure appears in the house at night.
• The keys changed colour as though hit by a ghostly hand….
  — John Banville, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
• There were the ghostly outlines of the dancers’ bodies framed in a pool of blue.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
• Do all the ghouls and goblins come to your house for ghostly treats?
  — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 8 Oct. 2021
• Less life on the streets, and more ghostly storefronts.
  — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
• Were the green fields, the ghostly cows, the misty air in the falling light enough to make life worth living?
  — J.r. Patterson, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
• The images at night were of the ghostly night-vision kind.
  — William Langewiesche, The Atlantic, 21 June 2018
• From afar, the clothes hang in a mass like a ghostly chandelier adorning the nave of the church.
  — Adelia Suliman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2017
• White Rock Lake even has its own ghostly legend: the Lady of the Lake.
  — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
• Since then, many stories have gone around about the ghostly hauntings on the ship.
  — Robin Raven, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2021
• Oh, and the ghostly version of Benji who shows up on her doorstep.
  — Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 7 June 2022
• But the ghostly remnants still remain on a path through the forests and ravines of Woodbury.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 29 Nov. 2019
• Dress as dark as the night, but don’t be scared of inviting a ghostly contrast.
  — Monique Brown, refinery29.com, 22 Mar. 2023
• The play itself perhaps wants to eat its ghostly cake and eat it too.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2022
• In one track, an insect caught in the Play-Doh turned into a bell, tolling the same three ghostly notes.
  — New York Times, 6 May 2021
• There are no leaves on the bottom, no dirt, no mold, no ghostly stains where rain has been.
  — Clare Sestanovich, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020
• Of course, there's nothing bad or evil about any of these names—this list is all in good fun for the ghostly and witchy among us!
  — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 9 Oct. 2024
• Hidden at the top left of the painting are the ghostly lines of a ship’s masts seemingly floating in the air.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 2 Dec. 2019
• To get that ghostly look, take white face paint and a foundation brush, and put it all over your face.
  — Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, 18 June 2019
• Others claim to have seen the ghostly figure of a woman.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2022
• Of the Castle Bunratty and the roaring O’Briens and the ghostly cries of those dragged by wild horses.
  — Stanton Delaplane, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2018
• In the Parker Probe's ghostly image, a dark spot is pictured in the middle of Venus.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2021
• With a ghostly robe and glowing lantern, this 7-foot-tall phantom will inspire fear in the bravest of souls.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 15 Sep. 2022
• Read full article The trunks form a ghostly threshold from the forested path to the beach and to the dawn’s mingling of surf, light, and mist.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
• And why would anyone want to share their home with ghostly roommates?
  — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
• The film was not cleared in China, presumably down to its ghostly themes.
  — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
• In his shock, Luke fires at Vader and the stormtroopers until Obi-Wan’s ghostly voice tells him to run.
  — Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2019
• Their newest sconce evokes a ghostly hand holding a torch.
  — New York Times, 17 June 2022
• The whale dips below the surface again, a ghostly silhouette, and glides out beyond the surfers, away.
  — Amia Srinivasan, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2020
• On the screen, the app will show a digital representation of the keys and the ghostly outline of your hands wiggling above them.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024