Example Sentences

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Ask Elaine: A friend of 20 years is ghosting me.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2023

Considering all these new ways to muck about with a potential love interest’s head, is ghosting starting to feel long in the tooth?

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2021

Daniel: Once you have met somebody in person for a one-on-one date interaction, cutting off contact without telling them is ghosting.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2020

Q. I think my friend is ghosting me.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2017

Peter is ghosting me, and I don’t know what to do.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2015