ghast
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ghast
1350–1400; Middle English gast afraid, originally past participle of gasten gast; aghast
Example Sentences
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“And the old ghast said, ‘Lord Asriel knows no more about Æsahættr than you do, child!
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
‘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
How doth the wide and melancholy earth Gather her hills around us, grey and ghast, And stare with blank significance of loss Right in our faces!
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
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 Hardy, Thomas
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 Hardy, Thomas
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