The phrase "a sort of apparition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that appears in a ghostly or ethereal manner, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "As the fog rolled in, the trees took on a haunting quality, resembling a sort of apparition in the mist."
Alternatives: "a kind of ghost" or "a type of specter".
Wouldn't that be stunning?" "A sort of friendly apparition," LaVerdiere said.
"Then a sort of ghostly apparition – Matt Damon – follows me and encourages me to hold out".
Pierre Clémenti was a sort of Zelig-like apparition in a notable array of movies, ranging from Bernardo Bertolucci's "Partner" to James Toback's "Exposed".
Pierre Clémenti was a sort of Zelig-like apparition in a notable array of movies, ranging from Bernardo Bertolucci's "Partner" to James Toback's "Exposed". Anthology Film Archives will screen these films along with a host of features and shorts that Clémenti, who died in 1999, directed.
The boy is embraced by Miami's exile community as a sort of anti-Castro messiah, graced by mystical apparitions of the Virgin Mary and even Diane Sawyer, standing on her head.
With the Varsouviana polka playing in the background, invented apparitions danced around Blanche like a sort of conga line of delusion.
They seem human, these apparitions, but really they belong to a sort of in-between realm neither fully human nor completely diabolic.
Green believed that these apparitions are forms of electro-magnetic energy - a sort of faded echo of people whose lives were intensely stressful.
Beginning with a lyrical view of a young man and woman who turn up as apparitions at a stirring musical service in a small church, Nance expands his vision to a sort of artistic cosmogony; by way of ecstatic imagery, thrillingly balletic performances, and a mighty sense of humor, he sketches a personal mythology of black American history and culture.
