How to Use the paranormal in a Sentence

the paranormal

noun
  • Today, the hotel is known for the paranormal activity that haunts some of the rooms and halls.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 June 2023
  • Oppressed by his new friends’ good cheer, Sam sets out to ignore them until a brush with the paranormal forces his hand.
    — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
  • Data further showed that people's beliefs in the paranormal go beyond just ghosts and aliens.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Purvis makes a clever but careful case for combining the Gothic with the paranormal.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
  • This tiny manuscript shows that the paranormal nips at the heels of her most famous work, Jane Eyre.
    — V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The show focused on topics near and dear to Angelenos, like earthquakes and the paranormal.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 May 2024
  • Ariadne’s plan is that Poirot, as an arch-rationalist, will debunk the claims of the paranormal.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The first chapter, which can take around eight hours, is in no rush to deliver big story beats or dive into the paranormal mystery in detail.
    — Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
  • That brief run-in with the paranormal hasn’t changed the Charleston native’s view on USC one bit.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Even more interestingly, the entire film is shot from the spirit’s perspective, putting a new twist on the paranormal genre.
    — Keith Langston, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The Warrens created a research society of the paranormal world, so that could be an option.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
  • On the ghost-free side of the paranormal spectrum were Robert and Michal Swain, who ran a Bigfoot table.
    — Amir Mahmoud, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Legend has it that the paranormal activity only became worse.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • Listen to Griffin discuss her experience with the paranormal in the podcast episode above.
    — EW.com, 21 May 2024
  • Skepticism deals with issues of the paranormal, issues with faith, issues where scientific evidence can be used to test a claim.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2010
  • Enlarge / Nick Chinlund as death fetishist Donnie Pfaster showed that not all terror comes from the paranormal.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Even though the spirit was that of a family member, the experience turned him into a lifelong believer in the paranormal.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Prodigy was deeply into esoteric knowledge and the paranormal.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2025
  • What made the best Burton movies sing was the play between the normal and the paranormal, the grounding in the real as events got decidedly unreal.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Season 4 expanded the paranormal world with the introduction of new characters and plots.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Hidden passageways, dungeons frozen in time, and eerie corridors are like catnip for those with a proclivity toward the paranormal.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Anderson has been vocal about feeling optimistic about the return of the paranormal drama, as well as being open to the idea of being involved in the project herself.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Image The dean of the medical school at the time, Kenneth Crispell, didn’t approve of this foray into the paranormal.
    — Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The result is an unfiltered and often chilling investigation that expands the boundaries of the paranormal genre.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Aaron Sagers is a travel and entertainment journalist/author with a special focus on folklore and the paranormal.
    — Aaron Sagers, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • This is when the film takes a turn for the paranormal, with Uma’s affliction — and its nastier nighttime expressions — serving as a metaphor for her discontents.
    — Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • According to Midi, each of the three shows is similar within the paranormal theme, but where one show is the darkest, another is more risqué and this version is most comedic.
    — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Word rapidly spread that the estate was haunted, luring the curiosity of professionals who specialize in the paranormal.
    — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Dan truly believed in sharing his experiences and educating people on the paranormal.
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Will Kuntz, the team’s general manager, refuses to blame the paranormal for the historically poor start.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025

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