Example Sentences

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Donors respond to big claims and menacing specters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

In the “Exorcist” maze, for instance, that means witnessing a full exorcism, complete with special effects that will have walls give way to demonic specters.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025

Early in “Pictures of Ghosts,” an exhilarating documentary about specters onscreen and off, the Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho, pulls out a VHS tape.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

The bus plowed through dust on the road winding through the Hanford Site, the horizon dotted with specters of reactors that had been dismantled or “cocooned.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

They stood up as the King’s caravan passed, but though some children ran toward the coaches, most remained still, gaunt as specters, knowing that nothing would come their way.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo