How to Use specter in a Sentence

specter

noun
  • How do specters enter the room?
    — Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • The specter of her crush never leaves.
    — Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Of all the birth signs, the specter of aloneness looms largest.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2020
  • This does raise the specter of their cutting you off from the kids.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022
  • As always, the specter of injury haunts this list.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • But the specter of a work stoppage has loomed over the sport ever since.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Now, the specter of genocide and famine haunts the region once again.
    — Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Badeev also took on the specter of AI and desk jobs.
    — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Will no rate cut in a few weeks raise the specter of a policy blunder?
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Nov. 2025
  • But nothing seems to stop the gravy train, not even the specter of being called out in print.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The specter of everything that happens in the last movie is there.
    — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Their work is terrifying and the specter of death haunts them.
    — Carlos Alberto Sánchez, SFChronicle.com, 27 Oct. 2020
  • The ground of the cemetery opens up beneath them, and specters rise into the air.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Throughout it all, the specter of Covid-19 still looms over the vote.
    — Caitlin Hu, CNN, 7 Nov. 2021
  • But a little more than a week into the new year, the specter of scandal reemerged.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • That’s still the specter that lingers in everyone’s mind on this issue.
    — Meg Linehan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Katerra still hangs over the industry like a specter.
    — Calmatters, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Katerra still hangs over the industry like a specter.
    — Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • This wasn’t the first time Wallace brought up the specter of 9/11.
    — Joe Silverstein, Fox News, 19 July 2022
  • Few public or private spaces seem to be safe from the specter of a mass shooter.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The fresh surge raised the specter of new shortages of ventilators and gear.
    — Jonathan Levin, Fortune, 25 June 2020
  • LaVergne had raised the specter of racial bias by hotel officials.
    — Ken Ritter, ajc, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The specter of Keynes, at this point in the story, is hiding in a closet.
    — Maggie Lange, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Cities frequently have used the specter of rising crime rates as reason to pass the rules.
    — Liam Dillonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
  • There’s a new specter haunting Europe, at least when seen from Paris.
    — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2021
  • There’s a specter haunting the United States.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Don’t let the seemingly-eternal specter of those iconic domes fool you.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Even for the many who voted for him, the specter of this coalition has served as a rude awakening.
    — Time, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Halloween itself marks seasonal change and the specter of death.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • But their specter isn't looming over the Cleveland clubhouse.
    — Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025

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