ghost story

noun

1

: a story about ghosts

2

: a tale based on imagination rather than fact

Examples of ghost story in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With love and loss, inspiration and indignation, For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) is a folk tale, a small-town barroom yarn, a gothic novel, and a ghost story. —Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025

A lot of it is very paranormal, like ghost stories or UFOs. —Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024

The supernatural horror film, which explores the Philippines‘ lost silent film history through a modern ghost story, is now entering post-production with sights set on this year’s festival circuit. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025

He’s released two films as director in seven weeks: the ghost story Presence, which opened in January, and Black Bag, an espionage drama about two married spies (Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender) that opened Friday. —Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ghost story

• aurore
• forbore
• outlawry
• pylori
• savoury
• signori
• signory
• vainglory
• accusatory
• admonitory
• ambulatory
• amendatory