Sentence examples for be a specter from inspiring English sources

He may be some kind of ghost, or else Jack may be a specter of John's younger self ruefully projected onto the streets that were his former stamping grounds.

There can't be a specter of rain.

THERE is a specter haunting American cuisine.

"Biography," he warned, "is a specter viewed by a specter".

There's a specter haunting American politics: national decline.

"There is indeed a specter haunting this appeal, and that is a specter of the mayoralty election," he said.

There is a specter haunting America: the specter of a saner, updated version of Ross Perot.

"Biography is a specter viewed by a specter," he once told a potential biographer, Mark Harris.

There is a specter haunting the debate over Yingling's article — the specter of Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

Clean, Anders is a specter of his former self, visiting old haunts without being fully there.

There is a specter haunting Lynn Nottage's Sweat at the Public Theater.