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

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

The writer-director’s English-language debut, ghost story The Others (2001), starring Nicole Kidman, became a global hit. —Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025

There is a nice little ghost story in there and a character, Kisa, who audiences will want to root for. —Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 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