How to Use paranormal in a Sentence

paranormal

adjective
  • A lot of it is very paranormal, like ghost stories or UFOs.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • October is a great time to brush up on the city's paranormal lore.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2022
  • There are ghosts that might not be ghosts, and paranormal whispers.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The show is a not-quite-sendup of a genre that imbues the trials of motherhood with a paranormal charge.
    New York Times, 12 May 2022
  • Koncher-Casiano wished the paranormal scene in Colorado, as a whole, was as tightknit as her crew.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The spooky house has attracted a ton of paranormal fans and ghost hunters, but Aaron revealed that the first group to stay there couldn't even last the night.
    Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Creepy paranormal creatures try to hurt the main characters, but the heroes always get away in the nick of time.
    Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Among followers of paranormal news, there’s even a name for such events: flaps.
    Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The film follows her journey alongside the others interned as paranormal forces start to mount among the holy and the tortured.
    Holly Jones, Variety, 7 July 2022
  • The Teresita Basa case features a bit of both worlds: a violent crime and the paranormal.
    Ashley Chervinski, refinery29.com, 2 July 2020
  • This term was coined by paranormal researcher Fiona Broome.
    Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The debunkings hardly slowed down the claims that some paranormal or sci-fi nonsense was afoot.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Kenan Thompson and Majors host a paranormal show for kids in this sketch.
    Megan Thomas, CNN, 14 Nov. 2021
  • As a meta inside joke, the film presents itself as one of those corny/crappy paranormal movies that do so well on streaming.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The movie is based on the real-life exploits of paranormal researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2022
  • An 11-year-old named Jared Yates Sexton read chunks of it sitting in the aisle of a paranormal bookstore in Indiana.
    AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The hot spots for paranormal activity are in the upstairs dining area where the market will be held, in and around the attic, and the downstairs ladies room.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
  • It was filmed at Tenth Avenue Arts Center, a venue reputed to have paranormal events of its own.
    Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Many of the tales are touchscreen updates on paranormal classics.
    Sam Sacks, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Teenagers vanish from an Oregon town in this paranormal thriller.
    oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2022
  • This time, the Ghostbusters reunite and save the day once again when the paranormal activity starts back up five years later.
    Lia Beck, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2022
  • In a normal series, Jessel's life might have been ruined—but thanks to Bly Manor's paranormal twists, her fate is much worse than that.
    Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Could such events be paranormal — related to the appearance of the rare photos?
    New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022
  • So, pack your bags for a night or two and cross your fingers for some paranormal activity.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Others remarked that the home had likely seen it’s fair share of ghosts and other paranormal sightings.
    Tandra Smith | Tsmith@al.com, al, 18 Mar. 2021
  • In the crowded landscape of video games known as Spring 2022, Ghostwire: Tokyo serves as the only paranormal vacation to Japan.
    Josh Chesler, SPIN, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Nuñez plans to continue the paranormal business the Heinzens started.
    Hartford Courant, 28 May 2022
  • San Diego is believed to be packed with paranormal prowlers all year round, from a ghostly ship crew whose love for their ship persists through death to a grizzly old beast that lurks in the woods.
    David L. Coddoncontributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The Warren's son-in-law Tony Spera took charge of their paranormal collection, according to Newsweek.
    Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The previous owner, Zak Bagans, a paranormal activity investigator, originally put the house on the market for $2.2 million, but later cut the price to $1.9 million.
    Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024

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