Sentence examples for a ghost of from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a ghost of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that remains as a faint or diminished version of what it once was, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "After the scandal, he was just a ghost of his former self, lacking the confidence he once had."
Alternatives: "a shadow of" or "a remnant of".

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It was a ghost of a suite.

A ghost of itself.

A ghost of a smirk.

He was just a ghost of himself".

He looked like a ghost of himself.

Even the trial itself seems likely to be a ghost of a ghost of the original.

A ghost of fondness lived in a headlock's shadow.

(He's a ghost of the past, heard at 78 r.p.m).

Today, however, it is a ghost of itself.

Not a ghost of dry ice steamed around her feet.

At sunset, the place is a ghost of Antibes.

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