ghast
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ghast
1350–1400; Middle English gast afraid, originally past participle of gasten gast; cf. aghast
Example Sentences
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‘A greater battle than the last one, even. Fine feasting for all of us. These will be days of pleasure and plenty for every ghast in every world.’
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
Much has he Suffered from ghoulish ghast anxiety!
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
Yet I note the little chisel Of never-napping Time, Defacing ghast and grizzel The blazon of my prime.
From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Thomas Hardy
And there he sets him to fulfil His frustrate first intent: And lay upon her bed, at last, The offering earlier meant: When, on his stooping figure, ghast And haggard eyes are bent.
From Poems of the Past and the Present by Thomas Hardy
Through dusky byways, rent with dancing naphthas, Through the trafficked highways, where streets and streets collide, Through the evil twilight, the night's ghast silence, Long have I wandered, and wondered where you hide.
From Nights in London by Thomas Burke
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