Examples of ghostly in a Sentence
A ghostly figure appears in the house at night.
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Avery Sullivan, with whom Morris also plays in the country-rock band Fust, keeps loose time on drums, tapping the snare like someone setting down coffee mugs while Libby Rodenbough scrapes out a few melody lines on her fiddle and colors empty spaces with some ghostly tremolo.
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Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026
When ghostly figures appear, domestic absurdity spirals in this offbeat, comic, and charming portrait of family life.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2026
Adapted from Algernon Blackwood’s supernatural novella, The Man Whom the Trees Loved is a ghostly tale of the inexplicable horrors of nature.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Maybe the ghostly energy of the artist does lives on in the art, the way an author’s imagination remains in the ink on the page.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
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Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026
When ghostly figures appear, domestic absurdity spirals in this offbeat, comic, and charming portrait of family life.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2026
Adapted from Algernon Blackwood’s supernatural novella, The Man Whom the Trees Loved is a ghostly tale of the inexplicable horrors of nature.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Maybe the ghostly energy of the artist does lives on in the art, the way an author’s imagination remains in the ink on the page.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Ghostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghostly. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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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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