Ghosts

[ gohsts ]

noun

1. a play (1881) by Henrik Ibsen.

Example Sentences

I had this concept of taking these older ghosts of a story and bringing them back to life.

From Los Angeles Times

To exorcise the ghosts of Paris, they must wait until 2027.

From BBC

In the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections, Elizabeth Bruenig wrote for the Washington Post that Halloween “gets its depth and intrigue from the layering of things that seem frightening but are really benign — toothy jack-o’-lanterns, ghoulish costumes, tales of ghosts and witches and monsters — atop things that seem benign but are really frightening, such as the passage of the harvest season into the long, cold dark.”

From Los Angeles Times

The holiday’s origins date to the 8th century Celtic festival of Samhain, which was intended to ward off the ghosts of the dead that were said to return the night before the fall harvest on Nov. 1.

From Los Angeles Times

Some homes will have illuminated jack-o-lanterns, witches or ghosts hanging from trees.

From Los Angeles Times

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