ghost
noun
the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
had ghosted
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past perfectof ghost.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The same Matt who had ghosted me despite promising to call was now reaching out again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
She didn’t want people to know about her pregnancy; the few friends she told had ghosted her.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
Two months after leaving the hospital program, I rejoined Bumble and reached out to a girl I had ghosted months before.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2022
His set-piece sailed across the area to Ollie Watkins, who lost his footing as he shot but succeeded in finding El Ghazi, who had ghosted into the area.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2021
In the show’s Season 1 premiere, Mills and Lindsay track down a woman’s childhood best friend who had ghosted her — she assumes because she missed a party celebrating the anniversary of his coming-out.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2020
