variants
or spectre
Examples of specter in a Sentence
feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter
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Heading into its second season, Unrivaled has already disrupted women’s basketball, with the league’s specter looming large in WNBA labor talks.
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Parents, scared by the specter of brain damage, are reluctant to let their kids play tackle football.
—Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
Colombia could have avoided the specter of a landlocked Leticia had dredged the smaller branch of the Amazon River that now flows past the town.
—John Otis, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
Was the specter of Cracker Barrel’s collapse and bankruptcy a mere fancy?
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Parents, scared by the specter of brain damage, are reluctant to let their kids play tackle football.
—Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
Colombia could have avoided the specter of a landlocked Leticia had dredged the smaller branch of the Amazon River that now flows past the town.
—John Otis, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
Was the specter of Cracker Barrel’s collapse and bankruptcy a mere fancy?
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for specter
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“Specter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/specter. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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