Definition: 1. The spirit of a dead person that a living person believes they can see or hear. 2. The memory of something, especially something bad. 3. A second image on a television screen that is not as clear as the first, caused by a fault.
'ghost' example sentence:
He thought I was a ghost or a dream and I thought perhaps he was.
What new tricks has the ghost played on you, Miss Rottenmeier?
They say ghosts haunt this house.
You can't bite a ghost or a dream, and if you scream they don't care.
I published his autobiography, which was very competently ghosted by a woman journalist from the Daily Mail.
He looked as if he had seen a spirit [ghost].
Have you ever seen a ghost?
What did one ghost say to the other ghost?
Trick or treat! I'm a ghost.
He looked so terrified I thought he'd seen a ghost.
She saw a ghost.
He hit the big time with films such as Ghost and Dirty Dancing.
He doesn't stand a ghost of a chance of selling the house.
"It's like a ghost is writing a song," Dylan has reportedly said.
A tall ghost comes out.
The President is using the two visits to lay the ghosts of the Munich Agreement.
This wasn't a ghost?
Some firms give up the ghost before they find what they are looking for.
They stumble across a ghost town inhabited by a rascally gold prospector.
People say ghosts haunt that old house.
What a scary ghost!
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, Amen.
He gave the ghost of a smile.
Injun Joe's ghost is round about there, certain.
He told me the ghost of his father appeared at his bedside.
Is that a ghost?
Let's tell a ghost story!
In fact, when we send a ghost away, we must welcome the ghost first.
It's a great chance to tell ghost stories!
He looked as if he had seen a spirit [ ghost].
The village is haunted by the ghosts of the dead children.
It's a scary ghost story.
Is your father a ghost?
Injun Joe's ghost ain't a going to come around where there's a cross!
It wasn't a ghost, but a real person.
A ghost is in the house.
I suspect she'll be writing it herself; she doesn't need a ghost writer.
Mogadishu is said to be a virtual ghost town, deserted by two-thirds of its residents.
The ghost would hang round the money.
He does not believe in the existence of ghosts.
It is just a ghost.
Start your own ghost tour.
The sun was warm and there was just a ghost of a breeze from the north-west.
A ghost indeed! I've never heard anything so silly.
I've heard tales of people seeing ghosts in that house.
She's the editor of a new collection of ghost stories.
The battery in my car gave up the ghost.
There was a ghost of a smile on his face.
I don't believe in ghosts.
His ghost is said to haunt some of the rooms, banging a toy drum.
They ghosted up the smooth waters of the river.
I ghosted his weekly rugby column for the Telegraph.
