ectoplasmic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Ghosts are the ultimate voyeurs — writers in their ectoplasmic state.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2022
He expires in the opening scene, apparently frightened into a heart attack by ectoplasmic spirits.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2021
At first glance, the movie seemed to peddle the classic, gooey tale of ectoplasmic underdogs.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2016
A profile of the judge Richard Posner described him as having “the distant, omniscient, ectoplasmic air of the butler in a haunted house”.
From The Guardian • Oct. 17, 2015
Yet, pale and ectoplasmic as they were, they were easily identifiable.
From Rastignac the Devil by Farmer, Philip José
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