You may call it a ghost story if you like; I do not pretend to determine what it is.
I thought a ghost story at least was coming," said Janet.
Then you really are going to tell us a ghost story!
One day Mrs. O'Brien happened to tell the children a ghost story.
The Nile, the Orontes, the AEgean Sea are not far off.
In the study of natural and supernatural fact our business is to observe with all possible care the goings forth of God and to find as far as we may their meaning and issue.
The songs are of strife and conquest; the great heroes are those who smite the uncircumcised hip and thigh.
Thereupon I told the company Lope de Vega’s ghost story, which is decidedly the best ghost story in the world.
I have been—but the wind is blowing wildly without, and the rain pelting against the windows; this is a capital night for a ghost story; shall I tell you a ghost story which I learnt in Spain?
I have been—but the wind is blowing wildly without, and the rain pelting against the windows;—this is a capital night for a ghost story: shall I tell you a ghost story which I learnt in Spain?
An essentially modern type of ghost story is that which has its explanation on the basis of subliminal memories.
The ghosts of Patroclus in Homer, of Darius in Æschylus, of Polydorus in Euripides, are fine poetical ghosts: but none of them would make a ghost story.
In the evening Miss Gryll said to the doctor, 'We have passed Christmas without a ghost story.
But there are not many classical ghosts that would make a Christmas tale according to the received notion of a ghost story.
A Shady Plot BY ELSIE BROWN So I sat down to write a ghost story.
The Ghost Story usually has a definite plot, in which the ghost is an actor.
With respect to Lope De Vega’s ghost story, I beg to say that I am thinking of publishing a supplement to my Wild Wales in which, amongst other things, I shall give a full account of the tale and point out where it is to be found.
It seems clear that Borrow contemplated publishing Lope de Vega’s ghost story in a later book.
You have told over and over again to fascinated audiences, Lope de Vega’s ghost story, but still leave the poor reader at the end of the book longing to hear it in vain.
The Quarries was not the scene of your uncle's ghost story.
Wot a night for a ghost story," observed Jim Scroggles, who stood with a group of the men, who were seated on and around the windlass.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ghost story" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
