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Recent Examples of ghoulish
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were sometimes willing to excuse things like the Palestinian Authority's commitment to its ghoulish pay for slay program, which richly rewards anyone who slaughters Jews.
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
There’s a chill in the air (maybe) and the ghoulish sights of Halloween are all around us.
—Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Oct. 2024
Enter its doors, and ghoulish masks of past presidents stare down at you from above a wall of wacky, colorful wigs.
—Christopher Intagliata, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
These boxes are filled with different foods that might be mistaken for something ghoulish: peeled grapes as a mummy’s eyeballs or cooked spaghetti as a monster’s brains.
—Drew Gerber, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
There’s a chill in the air (maybe) and the ghoulish sights of Halloween are all around us.
—Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Oct. 2024
Enter its doors, and ghoulish masks of past presidents stare down at you from above a wall of wacky, colorful wigs.
—Christopher Intagliata, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
These boxes are filled with different foods that might be mistaken for something ghoulish: peeled grapes as a mummy’s eyeballs or cooked spaghetti as a monster’s brains.
—Drew Gerber, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for ghoulish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghoulish
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Walt Disney Imagineering will introduce a new ghostly bride using projection technology in the Haunted Mansion’s attic scene when the classic dark ride returns today, Jan. 18 after shedding its annual holiday overlay.—
Brady MacDonald,
Orange County Register,
18 Jan. 2025
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Astronaut shoots a shadowy Dragon Monday, November 4, 2024: NASA astronaut Don Pettit snapped this ghostly photo of SpaceX's Crew Dragon Freedom docked at the International Space Station.—
Space.com Staff,
Space.com,
1 Jan. 2025
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Yet she is also maimed in a hospital bed on the other end of the country, lending all of their interactions, every memory related and fact revealed, a spectral quality, as if Kyungha is like Odysseus traveling to the underworld for knowledge.—
Robert Rubsam,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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The director conjures the house’s spectral presence by means of an unusual cinematic device that dominates the movie from start to finish: the camera embodies the perspective of that invisible character.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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The ghastly damage to my neighborhood was a complete shock.—
James R. Riffel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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When Maria returns home and visitors arrive, Jesús is forced to reckon with the ghastly horror in their midst.—
Erik Piepenburg,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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But Lynch, who died last week, at seventy-eight, made films in which every cheerful surface seemed to obscure an eerie reality.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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Fred Rogers was beaten with a hammer, and his wife Edwina was killed with a single gunshot to the head Comments The gruesome murders of a Houston couple 60 years ago remain one of the most eerie unsolved cases in the city’s history.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Its spooky view of the fictional, eponymous town in Washington was rendered all the more haunting by Angelo Badalamenti’s score, and the mysteries upon mysteries of the plot generated endless speculation (and some irritation) among fans.—
Stephen Galloway,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Jan. 2025
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The nighttime celebration embraces the spooky season with haunted scare zones and immersive mazes.—
Carly Caramanna,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2025
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The secret-weapon character who makes the more haunting impression is Agnes, whose chignon hides a rebellious spirit underneath — as well as a furtive romance with the stable boy, Isak (Malte Gårdinger).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
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It was released by Disney, an implausible partner for a filmmaker known for haunting, surrealistic and often deeply disturbing movies.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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She's abruptly fired from her exercise show when her creepy boss (Dennis Quaid) decides to hunt for younger talent to be the face of the series.—
Eric Andersson,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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That said, Kinnear’s career-best turn as Crane is a highlight, and watching the actor (and his character) leverage his superficial likability for creepy ends amounts to a sick kind of entertainment.—
Vikram Murthi,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2025
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By Judy Berman January 17, 2025 6:00 AM EST The spectacular finale of Severance’s first season introduced a love triangle more bizarre than New Order could ever have imagined.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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Duran Duran has paid tribute to the late American filmmaker David Lynch, whose brilliant and bizarre films laid the inspirational groundwork for a young Nick Rhodes.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Ghoulish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghoulish. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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