wraith

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Recent Examples of wraith And the second revealed the full menagerie of creatures that will appear in Season 2, including wraiths, wolves, ents and a giant cave troll. Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 July 2024 In theory, Netflix’s Dead Boy Detectives should be a feast for the misery wraiths, faceless creatures who feed on pain and suffering. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024 Indeed, Moore is writing in a treacherous emotional realm here, and her story moves with no more predictability than a wraith. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 13 June 2023 Christian Bale, his hairless body wraith-pale and lips blackened like a day-walking Nosferatu, has been handed the villain's mantle this time as Gorr the God Butcher, a vessel of vengeance armed with a death-list for misbehaving deities and an immortal blade called the Necrosword. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 8 July 2022 See all Example Sentences for wraith 
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Noun
  • Scenes unfold in extended, impulsively mobile shots, which create the impression of a ghost who is no mere passive observer but an alert and active mind.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Hollywood’s ghosts fill Lynch’s work, and so does its muck and its filth.
    Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a kind of Gothic quality to the apparitions, calling to mind Edward Gorey figures, but all smeared and melted and smudged.
    Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
  • There have been no sightings, no fleeting apparitions.
    David Ornstein, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Nordic sweaters were everywhere over the first festival weekend, as patrons got into the spirit of things.
    David Allen Jenn Ackerman, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • So in December, after a few years of planning and research, Couture debuted Local Liquid, a centralized online shop for local beverages — not just craft beer, but coffee, wine, spirits, seltzers, mixers and juices.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • On Friday, a team of researchers argued that the fish was a phantom all along.
    Jason Nark, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Listen to this article San Diego Symphony organ curator Bob Knight will never be mistaken for the phantom of the opera.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025

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“Wraith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wraith. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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