ghast
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ghast
1350–1400; Middle English gast afraid, originally past participle of gasten gast; cf. aghast
Example Sentences
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‘A greater battle than the last one, even. Fine feasting for all of us. These will be days of pleasure and plenty for every ghast in every world.’
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
“And the old ghast said, ‘Lord Asriel knows no more about Æsahættr than you do, child!
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
“Oh, Mistress Broadbent, what a ghast I’ve gotten!”
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon
How doth the wide and melancholy earth Gather her hills around us, grey and ghast, And stare with blank significance of loss Right in our faces!
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Then for years it hung above In that attic dim and ghast, Fading with the fading love, Sad reminder of the past,— Save the eyes, Ever looking, ever looking, With such sad surprise!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 by Various
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