A ghostly face at the window. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A full moon was drenching the mountains in ghostly light as some 60. From Wordnik.com. [KIA KIA/BNR] Reference
That indeterminacy is itself masked in ghostly reflections of a former paradigm. From Wordnik.com. [Paley, "Apocalypse Without Millenium" Part 2] Reference
Night came on, and a full moon rose high over the trees into the sky, lighting the land till it lay bathed in ghostly day. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
I suspect that the feeling we call ghostly is but the sense of abandonment in the lack of companion life; but be this as it may. From Wordnik.com. [Malcolm] Reference
The Palaeologi reigned in ghostly supremacy over the shreds and tatters of Byzantium until the Turks seized Constantinople in 1453. From Wordnik.com. [superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism] Reference
If necessary, the war may call his ghostly steed named Ruin. From Wordnik.com. [Free Downloads Archive - Popular services - RapidShare, DepositFiles, Megaupload, Mediafire, HotFile, Uploading, Easy-Share, FileFactory, Vip-File, Shared] Reference
Everything that could be called ghostly, ceased instantaneously. From Wordnik.com. [David Elginbrod] Reference
I've certainly seen things that some folks might call ghostly activity, while others would simply call...strange. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-04-01] Reference
The texture of the skin is very light and 'ghostly'. From Wordnik.com. [Wonton Time - Wontons On Steroids - Alhambra, SGV] Reference
Blackfriars Wynd 'there are at least sufficiently' ghostly 'occurrences. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
They're very pretty, translucent and kind of ghostly--altogether quite lovely. From Wordnik.com. [The insects come for our intrepid blogger and his husband.] Reference
It's kind of ghostly out here because we lost power at least a couple of hours ago. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2008] Reference
The point is that they ought to be dead – and are thus a kind of ghostly presence, he added. From Wordnik.com. [Steve McQueen's Giardini] Reference
But all religions agree in believing in some kind of ghostly existence and in a continued life beyond the grave. From Wordnik.com. [Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative] Reference
That was when Nan realized there was a kind of ghostly, glowing "other" version of Agansing superimposed on the everyday fellow. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of London]
In fact, in a kind of ghostly echo, he heard them all night, whispering under the important conversation, a counter-melody of disdain. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of London]
The woods, in ghostly shroud, slept on unheeding. From Wordnik.com. [The Son of the Wolf] Reference
This lack makes the poems feel kind of ghostly and disembodied. From Wordnik.com. [Book Patrol] Reference
Well, something like that went on all through this ghastly -- or shall we say 'ghostly'?. From Wordnik.com. [Sylvie and Bruno] Reference
I need to leave a note where the food is placed in order to contact this 'ghostly' person. From Wordnik.com. [www.hardwarezone.com.sg] Reference
She shares with us the moment that the city that never sleeps boomed, buckled and descended into "ghostly" silence. From Wordnik.com. [Rotorua Daily Post] Reference
See more 'ghostly' photographs of extremely elusive wild cat and dog species photographed by the Saharan Carnivore Project. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
Paradoxically animated by deadpan affect, familiar gestures come in the kind of ghostly quotes that induce nervous, knowing chuckles. From Wordnik.com. [The New Yorker] Reference
Sweet father, and bid call the ghostly man. From Wordnik.com. [Idylls of the King] Reference
Wilson's Joe Trio playing a kind of ghostly Greek chorus to singers Laura Di Cicco, Melanie. From Wordnik.com. [The Georgia Straight] Reference
Even the camels and alley cats are tinged a ghostly gray by the muck. From Wordnik.com. [One Year Later] Reference
But a ghostly visit from his father persuades Siniba to set things right. From Wordnik.com. [King Of The Urban Jungle] Reference
The man had a ghostly pallor, as if he had suffered from radiation poisoning. From Wordnik.com. [When Barry Became Barack] Reference
Another is that it is not pervaded by a ghostly force that acts like antigravity. From Wordnik.com. [That Genesis Moment] Reference
How else to explain the preponderance of ghostly love stories haunting the screen?. From Wordnik.com. [Immaterial Affections] Reference
Local volunteers led the way into the rally with Coleman lanterns; it was ghostly, ethereal. From Wordnik.com. [On The Road Again] Reference
The show is full of striking images, from the ghostly Black Riders to the giant spider Shelob. From Wordnik.com. [Theater: 'Ring' a Ding Ding] Reference
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