phantasmal
Americanadjective
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Example Sentences
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This phantasmal region holds a particular lure for Osborn—not simply to uncover its hidden biodiversity but also to find out how living things can survive such extreme conditions.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 13, 2024
The lighting transforms them into phantasmal silhouettes, like blurred figures from an old photograph album.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2020
In these phantasmal moments there was also a certain practicality.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 4, 2019
After his 1865 assassination, Lincoln apparently joined his son in his phantasmal roaming.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2017
As dawn washed the darkness from the sky, the shattered glacier was revealed to be a three-dimensional landscape of phantasmal beauty.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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