SPECTER in a Sentence

Learn SPECTER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

11 example sentences for SPECTER, such as:

1. A specter of reproach came to him.
2. There was another specter following him.
3. He became again the grim, stalking specter of a soldier.
4. The terrible specter of nuclear war is coming to this country.
5. He sprang forward to enter, but the specter plucked him back, and waved threateningly before him a.

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 Meanings and Examples of SPECTER
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specter
 n.  ghostly apparition; phantom; haunting or disturbing image or prospect
Classic Sentence:
1  Between the brandy which was smoothing out the harsh contours of remorse and Rhett's mocking but comforting words, the pale specter of Frank was receding into shadows.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
2  There was another specter following him.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
3  Afterward, when he saw the despair of his family, and reckoned up the money he had spent, the tears came into his eyes, and he began the long battle with the specter.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
4  At the next instant the form of Chingachgook appeared from the bushes, looking like a specter in its paint, and glided across the path in swift pursuit.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
5  He stalked like the specter of a soldier, his eyes burning with the power of a stare into the unknown.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
6  He became again the grim, stalking specter of a soldier.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
7  His knowledge of his inability to take vengeance for it made his rage into a dark and stormy specter, that possessed him and made him dream of abominable cruelties.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
8  A specter of reproach came to him.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
9  He sprang forward to enter, but the specter plucked him back, and waved threateningly before him a.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
Example Sentence:
1  The terrible specter of nuclear war is coming to this country.
2  For the specter of world revolution still haunts world capitalism, and the Yankee bomb is its ultimate defense.