ghost town
noun
: a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource
Examples of ghost town in a Sentence
After all the gold was mined, the place became a ghost town.
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The luxury shopping corridor usually bustling with tourists appeared a ghost town.
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Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Arizona is home to a ghost town that was once a bustling tourist attraction town named Santa Claus.
—Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
The place was a ghost town, with windows and businesses boarded up.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
But on Friday and Saturday nights, the place can resemble a ghost town, some say.
—Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
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Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Arizona is home to a ghost town that was once a bustling tourist attraction town named Santa Claus.
—Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
The place was a ghost town, with windows and businesses boarded up.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
But on Friday and Saturday nights, the place can resemble a ghost town, some say.
—Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Ghost town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghost%20town. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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