ghost story
noun
a tale in which such elements as ghostly visitations and supernatural intervention are used to further the plot and a chilling, suspenseful atmosphere.
ghost stories
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pluralof ghost story.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This is one reason the Backrooms feel different from traditional horror films or ghost stories.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
He rolls his eyes at the town’s unquestioning belief in ghost stories and grimaces at all the visible evidence of how behind the times the town is.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
What the crew did not know until they began filming was the forest's long history of ghost stories.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
I’m a proponent of the Henry James school of ghost stories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
The list of things that can happen to us CFers, the ghost stories we’re told, is pretty much endless.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
