Example Sentences
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The former director of national intelligence, now 77, was born and raised in the world of spookery.
From Washington Post ● May 22, 2018
In the annals of British spookery, who could surpass his sang froid?
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2015
But more than a dead-on horror show, it’s a homage to cinematic spookery.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2011
His father was a spiv, at school he felt like a secret agent infiltrating the upper classes, and writing was a response to his growing sense of the futility of spookery.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 10, 2010
Tell you the truth," said Maclean, "I'm a little bit afraid there may be something in spookery, myself.
From The Professor's Mystery by Hastings, Wells
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