How to Use ghost town in a Sentence

ghost town

noun
  • After all the gold was mined, the place became a ghost town.
  • The cities here feel like ghost towns.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Like a ghost town, Cindy called it.
    — Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Been to small towns, dying towns, dead towns and ghost towns.
    — oregonlive.com, 22 July 2019
  • The heat has made pockets of the desert city feel like ghost towns.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Wall Street could become a ghost town.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Crazy how half in our area are very nice and the other half are ghost towns.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • This year, the district was a ghost town during the days.
    — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The road near the Agua Caliente ghost town is lined with dead mesquite trees.
    — AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 2019
  • The park was named for this ghost town, a hub of gold rush fever a century ago.
    — Sunset Magazine, 9 May 2022
  • The Longhorns return to a campus that will feel like a ghost town.
    — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Today the site is a ghost town, with many villas just empty shells.
    — Albee Zhang, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • This is not to say that the 'Vegas strip might become a ghost town.
    — Michael Boyd, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The world of movies, more than any time in recent memory, is a ghost town.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The back end of the mall seemed like a ghost town of closed-up — and in at least one case padlocked — shops.
    — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 Dec. 2017
  • Some of these towns have become virtual ghost towns.
    — Mark Dent, HubSpot, 8 May 2026
  • Beyond that, the park and surrounding area have more than their share of ghost towns.
    — Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
  • While the park sat as a ghost town, the equipment that wasn’t auctioned off wandered off.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The offices at 1 Spurs Lane were a bit of a ghost town last week.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 28 May 2022
  • Kind of Kansas City turned into a ghost town.
    — Eric Adler june 18, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
  • But the feature remains a ghost town on the main Facebook app.
    — Nick Statt, The Verge, 5 Apr. 2018
  • This is a big reason archery hunters will be on elk one day and find their honey hole to be a ghost town the next.
    — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Train stations were like ghost towns, as a lot of people opted not to commute.
    — Nick Caloway, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Custer, Idaho Custer is one of the oldest ghost towns on our list.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026
  • But over the years, the once vibrant shopping center became more of a ghost town.
    — Amanda Rosa may 28, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
  • The department is a ghost town now, tape plastered over the entrance.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • New York City is not, has never been, and never will be a ghost town.
    — Patrick Vaill, Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2020
  • There’s no better way to get in the Halloween spirit than with a ghost tour in a ghost town.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Juárez lies in the heart of the desert, and on the surface, much of it resembles a lonely ghost town.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Each tour also comes with an educational tour of the ghost town.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025

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