Sentence examples for ghoul from inspiring English sources
"ghoul" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to refer to a spirit believed to rob graves and feed on corpses or to refer to a person who has an unhealthy interest in the macabre. Example: "The museum tour guide spun tales of ancient ghouls coming to life to haunt the halls after dark."
noun
A spirit said to feed on corpses.
But all this effort took it out of him; he ended his half hour clammy and pale, like he'd been possessed by a ghoul that had forced him to do star jumps in a sauna.
"This is haram, haram," said an elderly woman from Aleppo, a Syrian city, as she looked on disapprovingly at the painted mass making its way past her house.A ghoul carrying a black and white pirate flag led the procession.
When contact with a Mars-bound craft is lost for no apparent reason (which happens with monotonous regularity), the ghoul is assumed to have eaten it.Certainly, sending spacecraft to Mars and landing them on the planet when they have got there is a hazardous business.
Mars Express will rise from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on June 2nd and will go into orbit, ghoul permitting, on December 26th.
But the allure of the place is enormous, and, if all goes well, June will see the start of three attempts, by two spacefaring powers, to get past the ghoul and prise free a few more Martian secrets.
Moderately successful efforts have been made in recent years to contain subsequent violence and unruly behaviour on the plaza.Zozobra is not the only local ghoul.
It also calls, "after bringing the autocratic monarchy to an end", for supervision by the United Nations or another "reliable international body" of the Maoists' and Nepalese army's weapons.In this section Changing gear Tigers and a hawk Caste out Three into two The case against summits Cloudburst of ghoul-slayers ReprintsForeign governments—especially India's are encouraged by the accord.
Since some 74% of Vietnam's 84m inhabitants still live in the countryside, and most of those remain rice farmers, there is plenty more scope for growth.In this section Changing gear Tigers and a hawk Caste out Three into two The case against summits Cloudburst of ghoul-slayers ReprintsThis virtuous cycle seems unstoppable.
Japan promised in return to back Russia's bid to join the WTO.In this section Changing gear Tigers and a hawk Caste out Three into two The case against summits Cloudburst of ghoul-slayers ReprintsAs for President George Bush, his APEC summit was not much better than Mr Koizumi's.
The election commissioner rejected calls for another round of voting, and Mr Wickremesinghe was forced to accept the result.In this section Changing gear Tigers and a hawk Caste out Three into two The case against summits Cloudburst of ghoul-slayers ReprintsHe has, however, called it a severe setback for the peace process.
To preempt this, Israel concentrated most of its counterterrorist activities against Hamas, assassinating most of its top leaders cofounder Sheik Ahmed Yassin (see Obituaries) on March 22, Abdel Aziz Rantisi on April 17, the Syria-based Subhi Khalil on September 26, and Adnan al-Ghoul, the reported "father of the Qassam rocket," on October 21.
