ectoplasmic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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He expires in the opening scene, apparently frightened into a heart attack by ectoplasmic spirits.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2021
Nearly two centuries ago, in 1845, a young Ruskin stumbled out of San Rocco, his head full of those booming oranges and ectoplasmic whites, and lay down on a bench.
From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2018
At first glance, the movie seemed to peddle the classic, gooey tale of ectoplasmic underdogs.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2016
Bug-eyed Dali swims in an ectoplasmic soup, his claimed reincarnation — Lady Gaga — hovering in the stew above.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2015
This view is supported by the fact that certain coelomic forms, like Diplodina and others, which either lack muscle-fibrils or else show no ectoplasmic differentiation at all, are non-motile.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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