ghost

[US]/ɡəʊst/
[UK]/ɡoʊst/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. ghost, specter

Phrases & Collocations

holy ghost

ghost of a

ghost story

ghost town

ghost image

Example Sentences

not a ghost of a chance.

just a ghost of a smile.

Ghost of a mooncalf!

she gave the ghost of a smile.

the ghost's appearance was an ill omen.

I haven't a ghost of a chance.

Ghosts and evil spirits are supernatural.

they ghosted up the river.

Ghost unlaid forbear thee!

Do you believe in ghosts?

Lay those Ghost Petpets to rest and earn a score of 75 on Ghost Bopper.

the ghost-fleets of the Serenissim'as seafaring past.

ghosts could never affright her.

was hired to ghost the memoirs of a famous executive.

the building is haunted by the ghost of a monk.

a swarm of ghosts gyred around him.

the ghosts of Bannockburn walked abroad.

His ghost story made my flesh creep.

The ghost town gave us a clammy feeling.

I don't believe in ghosts, do you?

Real-world Examples

But we didn't see them bust one ghost.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

There are no ghosts in the world.

Source: American Family Universal Parent-Child English

My mom thought she saw a ghost.

Source: Go blank axis version

She looked too plain and sensible to be a ghost.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

Is this figure a ghost or a human?

Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

So when you die you become a ghost?

Source: Our Day This Season 1

Oh, boy. I do not need a ghost.

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

No way I ever want to be a ghost.

Source: American Horror Story Season 1

There's a ghost in the park! Millie said.

Source: Yilin Edition Oxford Junior English (Grade 7, Volume 2)

This is the ghost in the park, Andy said.

Source: Yilin Edition Oxford Junior English (Grade 7, Volume 2)

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