ghostlike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostlike
Adjective
  • Expand All Take a walk down a block of Coconut Avenue and hear the ghostly silence.
    Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Threading together hyperspeed drums and a ghostly ambience, Balenci creates a sort of supernatural drill.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • To have any hope of outrunning the spectral presence, the player must commit a serpentine route to memory.
    Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Who’s to say there isn’t a spectral widow wandering the tracks by moonlight, searching for her husband’s head?
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s selling shares without borrowing them first, creating phantom shares that distort the market.
    Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Ulrich reappeared after all this time as the phantom memory of Billy lurking in the mind of his daughter, Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera).
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Ghostlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostlike. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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