Example Sentences

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Presently, from overhead, and ghostily piercing the gray veil, came Ruth's clear hail.

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman

In her best dress, which was white, she showed ghostily among the shadows.

From The Rich Little Poor Boy by Gates, Eleanor

And, when the red sun droppeth down   And wet sand gleameth ghostily, Men see her weave a sea-weed crown   Between the twilight and the sea.

From Fires of Driftwood by Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone

But on they did go until the welcome vision of a gaunt old farmhouse rising ghostily from the early morning mist rewarded them and set their hearts to beating high with hope.

From The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue by Hope, Laura Lee

At least, there was a great window at the far end, and the moonlight looked 138 ghostily in.

From The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City by Marlowe, Amy Bell