How to Use spectral in a Sentence

spectral

adjective

• Half the lights in the room had failed, lending it a spectral gloom.
  — Nicolas Niarchos, Time, 30 Jan. 2020
• But the spectral threat in the bathroom did not stop there.
  — J.y. Chua, The Atlantic, 2 June 2017
• And then there’s the spectral presence of Howard’s wife, Pearl.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2022
• But to most of Mr. Biden’s aides, Hunter Biden has been a spectral presence.
  — Jonathan Martin, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2019
• The spectral information was used to estimate the age and the size of the stars.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2018
• Basquiat’s presence in the film is more spectral as a result.
  — New York Times, 30 Apr. 2018
• By the time a blurry spectral figure appears, the gang is geared up and ready for a fight.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2023
• Over the next six weeks, Kate’s a light, almost spectral presence in the apartment.
  — Fernanda Eberstadt, Vogue, 30 July 2018
• Here along the Volga, war and death felt like spectral presences.
  — Elettra Pauletto, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
• As our eyes adjusted to the darkness, a spectral face came into view on one of the walls.
  — David Brown, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022
• The victims of mass shootings in schools leave behind a spectral trail.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2023
• The first two episodes do a nice job taunting us with the spectral Lucy while lining up the human suspects.
  — Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE.com, 9 Oct. 2019
• But that spectral cameo has confused scholars for a long time.
  — National Geographic, 16 July 2019
• From this spectral change and the time difference, your brain perceives the location of the sound source.
  — Qi “peter” Li, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2022
• Sarah and Matthew’s adult daughter, Leda, lingers like a spectral figure over the book.
  — Danya Kukafka, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2020
• The clouds closest to the black hole swirl around it at high speed, which shifts the frequencies via the Doppler effect and smears out each spectral peak.
  — Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 30 May 2018
• But when the moon is full their spirits rise for a spectral gathering.
  — Kira Garcia, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Some of us are lucky enough to find friendship in the spectral echoes of divine listening.
  — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• To identify galaxies that have a small AGN, the team looked for spectral peaks that were sharp at the top but smeared out around the base.
  — Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 30 May 2018
• In stark contrast to the scene above is René’s unadorned account of the late Mrs. Golden, the spectral presence in the novel.
  — Nina Martyris, Slate Magazine, 21 Sep. 2017
• Consider adding a spectral spin to your road trip with a stop at Witch Creek Winery, just one block off the beach.
  — Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2022
• The movie is shot from the perspective of the spectral entity at its center.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
• Now go get a laser and some spectral glasses and start exploring.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 27 Sep. 2011
• As a graph gets more connected, its spectral gap will tend to get bigger.
  — Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2022
• Cecilia would select spectral plates to look at and take them to her office, but not by hand.
  — Lucy Evans, Scientific American, 22 June 2023
• Look at the spectral muscles that used to be firm and perky and really powerful.
  — Sandra Rose Salathe, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
• The two fags in question are Capote and Gore Vidal (unseen and unheard, a spectral figure all around).
  — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
• And with petit fours and a pink fan by her side, Grimes certainly looked ready for any spectral function.
  — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2017
• The team developed a new tool that highlights unique spectral features in plastics.
  — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
• Her spectral trip-hop incantations are a departure from the maximalist, four-on-the-floor Brat bops ripping through the internet.
  — Suzy Exposito, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024