Was there an apparition in the attic?. From LearnThat.org.
We were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A ghostly apparition at midnight. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And another thing troubles me -- the apparition is English. From Wordnik.com. [The American Claimant] Reference
The visual aspect is not all of it—hence the misleading term apparition. From Wordnik.com. [Experiencing the Next World Now] Reference
These aren't pluralizations, which should be obvious from the examples. (e.g. the plural of apparition is apparitions.). From Wordnik.com. [Paranormal Pluralizations] Reference
But soon a reaction came, and I felt convinced that the apparition was a living man. From Wordnik.com. [Wylder's Hand] Reference
I used the word apparition because of the ghost-like visage that such a reflection creates. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Frank Murdock’s Review Forum] Reference
So unfanatical was he that he even doubted at times whether the apparition was his father's spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Cobwebs of Thought] Reference
Shake calls our apparition a "gayst", since the wraith has a stereotypical but pretty fabulous lisp. From Wordnik.com. [IGN TV] Reference
I saw in a moment that the apparition was a balloon, and that the aeronaut was only emptying ballast. From Wordnik.com. [Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War] Reference
This so-called apparition is so totally unlike any and all others that it seems impossible to be true. From Wordnik.com. [a failure to communicate] Reference
The apparition was a statue of Pentelic marble, and might therefore possess as much value as a treasure. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Miniatures] Reference
Brother Lawrence, as the girls began to call the apparition, showed himself frequently, but always with the same elusiveness. From Wordnik.com. [A harum-scarum schoolgirl] Reference
But most vividly do I recall the apparition which stole into my solitude after supper -- which I had scented longingly from afar. From Wordnik.com. [When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood] Reference
I'm reasonably sure the "apparition" was a defect of some sort. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
For example, in the Nyanja language the root attests as nouns for both "apparition" and "malice or evil intent.". From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
As he was preparing to throw a stun grenade into the bathroom an "apparition" had burst out of the bathroom window. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I have used the word apparition advisedly. From Wordnik.com. [Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory] Reference
Aneesa would be reduced to tears and she would on bended knees beseech the "apparition" to spare her son. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
'apparition' emerge from that vaporous cloud and handle the pad in the middle of the table. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow World] Reference
I thought I saw the apparition shrug its heavenly shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 17] Reference
No, I tell the misguided apparition, he's givingmethe once over. From Wordnik.com. [Monster Truck] Reference
The apparition of these faces in the crowd/Petals on a wet, black bough. From Wordnik.com. [Haiku Takes To Twitter, 140 Characters At A Time] Reference
We are about to celebrate shortly the sixth anniversary of this miraculous apparition. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Then suddenly Von Rotten was at the car window like an apparition. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 8] Reference
Also in Auschwitz at that time, a young Soviet colonel struggled to understand an apparition. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Days Of Auschwitz] Reference
What varied was exactly how a civilization interpreted an unexpected apparition like Hale-Bopp. From Wordnik.com. [When The Comet Flew Through Ancient Evenings] Reference
The neighbor looked sad, sunbathing and reading, as though he were nothing better than an apparition. From Wordnik.com. [Her Own Music] Reference
You still felt him but now you didn't have to see the haggard house or the apparition in the window. From Wordnik.com. [The old man in the window is probably scarier than he looks.] Reference
Mercury begins its best morning apparition of the year as it emerges from the Sun's glare late next week. From Wordnik.com. [Jupiter at opposition in September night sky] Reference
Hungarian became more sombre and troubled than before, and Labanoff's appearance seemed like a doubtful apparition. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Suddenly, with a quick movement, she started violently back, as if some frightful apparition had risen up before her. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In the last apparition, on Nov. 28,1989, Mary, calling herself the Mother of the World, stressed prayer and the rosary. From Wordnik.com. [Hail, Mary] Reference
Mullah Omar appears instead like an apparition -- or a prophet -- floating among a blurry, bearded throng of devoted followers. From Wordnik.com. [Inside The Mullah's Mind] Reference
The astonished listener related the apparition to Sister Bourgeois, who regarded it as the wanderings of a diseased imagination. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
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