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Definition of Phantomlike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phantomlike
Literary usage of Phantomlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz, Frederic Bancroft, William Archibald Dunning (1907)
"Of this you felt certain—such a voice you had never heard, never a tone so hollow
and yet so full and resonant, so phantomlike and yet so real. ..."
2. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"She looks like a celestial goddess from an outburst of morning-glories; her lovely
form would assume a phantomlike flash as she glides the floor, ..."
3. The History of Modern Painting by Richard Muther (1907)
"... which are as delicate as fading flowers, and without this flesh-tint, which
lends a phantomlike and unearthly appearance to his figures. ..."
4. History of English Literature by Reuben Post Halleck (1900)
"Of all the lyric poets of England, he is the greatest master of an ethereal,
evanescent, and phantomlike beauty. Many of his lyrics are wonderfully ..."
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