wraiths
- plural of wraith.
Example Sentences
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The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
The protagonists are a couple of paranormal investigators, Red and Antea, who are trying to clear the tormented wraiths out of a haunted settlement.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2024
"All my energy has been well and truly sucked out of me like I've been kissed by a dementor," Paolo says referring to the soul-consuming wraiths in the Harry Potter stories.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2023
The tales boil down to the problem of balancing empathy with self-assertion—of both practicing kindness and expressing your own needs, and all while the people around you are behaving like wraiths or aliens.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 17, 2018
We’ve already dealt with wraiths, and this thing is big—not like a wight or a ghul.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
