ghost town
noun
: a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource
Examples of ghost town in a Sentence
After all the gold was mined, the place became a ghost town.
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The Russian assault on Pokrovsk, a ghost town that has been under threat for a year, is clearly visible from a rise above Hryshyne.
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Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
San Francisco became a ghost town by the spring of 1848.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
The city, once home to 100,000 people, is now a ghost town bearing the scars of close to 14 years of relentless conflict.
—Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
And the former ArcLight at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, which bordered an evacuation area as the fire spread, was a ghost town (business has never been the same since Regal took over, sources say).
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
San Francisco became a ghost town by the spring of 1848.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
The city, once home to 100,000 people, is now a ghost town bearing the scars of close to 14 years of relentless conflict.
—Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
And the former ArcLight at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, which bordered an evacuation area as the fire spread, was a ghost town (business has never been the same since Regal took over, sources say).
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Ghost town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghost%20town. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.
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