specter
noun
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
specters
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pluralof specter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Donors respond to big claims and menacing specters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
But the fear cast by the specters of taxation and modernization that continually threaten Downton, including in “The Grand Finale,” are just as terrifying to its residents as any ax-wielding ghost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
The mysteries around Annie’s murder and the frozen scientists link up so beautifully to the tensions within Ennis that the continued sprinkling of specters, flashbacks and various uncanny events has gotten distracting.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 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
The black-and-white specters of Ralph and Alice Kramden argued over a meatloaf.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
