ghost of
Frequency: 7.512.3 per million words
indicates the spirit of a specific deceased person
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Examples (10)
- The ghost of a hanged man is said to haunt the house.
- I thought I saw the ghost of my grandmother in the hallway last night.
- Locals claim the ghost of the former king appears on the castle walls at dawn.
- Have you ever heard the ghost of that composer playing in the old theater?
- The priest tried to lay the ghost of the murdered sailor to rest.
- If we disturb the grave, the ghost of its owner might return in anger.
- She swears the ghost of her late husband has been watching over the farm.
- By midnight, the medium claimed to have summoned the ghost of the victim.
- In the archived diary, a maid described talking to the ghost of the previous mistress.
- Will the ghost of the old caretaker ever leave this hotel?