English example sentences with "ghost"

Learn how to use ghost in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

Strange to say, he saw the ghost of his father.

Sure enough, the ghost appeared on the balcony.

What would you do if you saw a ghost?

Few of the trippers called in at the ghost town of New York.

The ghost story was terrifying.

John felt the presence of a ghost in the dark room.

When John came back, he looked pale as if he had seen a ghost.

Jody looks as if she had seen a ghost.

Satan's ghost awakes.

Let's hope this boat engine doesn't give up the ghost when we're halfway to Hawaii.

Although the man's ideas are sound, because he can't express them well, he doesn't have a ghost of a chance of getting them accepted.

You didn't really see a ghost - it was only imaginary.

You look as if you had seen a ghost.

I had hoped to get another 50,000 miles out of my car, but it gave up the ghost on the expressway and it would cost too much to fix it.

The child gaped at me as though he were seeing a ghost.

Our plan hasn't the ghost of chance.

It's true that a ghost appeared at my house.

I actually saw a ghost.

The ghost vanished suddenly.

He looked as if he had seen a ghost.

Their team doesn't have a ghost of a chance of winning this season.

They were scared at the sight of the ghost.

She looked as if she had seen a ghost.

She felt as if she had seen a ghost.

She looked as though she had seen a ghost.

Her hair stood on end at the sight of a ghost.

She looks as if she had seen a ghost.

She was amazed at the sight of the ghost.

She stood transfixed as if she had seen a ghost.

When I saw the ghost, I was so frightened that my hair stood on end.

Before long, the ghost disappeared into a thick fog.

We reached our destination just as I thought the car was going to give up the ghost.

She was surprised when she saw the ghost.

They say that on Columbus Day, Christopher Columbus's ghost rises up from its grave and flies around the world, punishing the bad boys and girls who don't believe in Christopher Columbus.

So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not Three Gods, but One God.

The Ghost of Cock Lane is an English ghost story from the 18th century.

The Ghost of Cock Lane is an English ghost story from the 18th century.

The story tells of the ghost of someone who drowned on the banks near a small town on the Caribbean sea.

What he saw wasn't a ghost but just a figment of his imagination.

After this, nobody ever saw the ghost of the old woman again in that alley.

Tom says he saw a ghost in his house.

Tom looked as if he'd seen a ghost.

While laughing is allowed, it is most dishonest to laugh out loud or to extend one's laughter beyond the limits of a just moderation; the Holy Ghost teaches us that it is the character of a madman to raise one's voice while laughing.

Tom says he has actually seen a ghost.

Halloween was brought to North America by immigrants from Europe who would celebrate the harvest around a bonfire, share ghost stories, sing, and tell fortunes.

Just as if the card gathering had turned into a ghost story telling party, a kind of dark mood had settled over those present and everyone was silent.

You look pale as a ghost.

You look as pale as a ghost.

If you read this sentence three times, a ghost will visit you in your sleep.

Tom saw a ghost.

But when, according to the Christian Trinitarian scheme, one part of God is represented by a dying man, and another part, called the Holy Ghost, by a flying pigeon, it is impossible that belief can attach itself to such wild conceits.

He works as a ghost writer.

I'm the ghost of a sad poet who died a terrifying death.

The gloomy house was like a ghost.

The ghost visits her in her dreams.

Her daughter is not the same since she saw a ghost.

A ghost is moving things around the house.

I supposed a ghost would appear.

It's a ghost, and only I can speak to him.

As a kid I was possessed by a ghost.

A ghost is looking at me.

Are you a ghost?

He's a ghost hunter.

You're white as a ghost. Are you sick?

I thought I saw a ghost.

She's a ghost writer.

A ghost writer is a writer who writes for someone else, and the latter, for practical purposes, is considered the sole author.

She could see the ghost of a smile in his expression.

This engine sometimes gives up the ghost.

I didn't see a ghost.

I just saw a ghost.

I thought you were a ghost.

Have you ever seen a ghost?

I'm not a ghost-writer, I'm the ghost of a deceased writer.

"Who are you?" he asked. "I am the ghost of the Talking Cricket," answered the little being in a faint voice that sounded as if it came from a far-away world.

Ghost existence does not prove that there's life after death. They can be elements of another dimension.

It was a ghost town during the war.

Ghost towns are creepy.

Ghost towns are not completely unpopulated, are they?

Because he received no answer, he started running and shoved the ghost down the stairs, so that it rolled down ten steps and then remained motionless lying in the corner.

"Hi, Harry!" "Tom... Tom Riddle!" "Ha, no!" "What?" "I am you!" "Are you a ghost?" "No, I'm a cook!" "What?"

You're as pale as a ghost.

You're pale as a ghost.

It looks like you just saw a ghost.

No ghost was ever seen by two pair of eyes.

A ghost is an outward and visible sign of an inward fear.

Tom says that he saw a ghost walking around the abandoned house.

Tell us a ghost story.

Please tell me a ghost story.

Has Tom ever told you any ghost stories?

You look like you've seen a ghost!

The children sat around the campfire and listened to Tom tell ghost stories.

"I thought that Tom was going to kill me." "So, did he kill you?" "No, he didn't, you idiot! Do I look like a ghost to you?"

You look like you saw a ghost.

Good speech will break the bones of a ghost.

Tom looks as if he's seen a ghost.

Tom looks as though he's seen a ghost.

Tom looks like he's seen a ghost.

"It's an atmosphere like a ghost might appear" "Hey, don't say such stupid things!" "Wait, Tom, are you afraid of ghosts?"

There's really a ghost in my house.

"Hear me!" cried the Ghost. "My time is nearly gone."

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