Below you will find example sentences with "ghost towns". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Ghost Towns in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: towns
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.1 words

Words in this phrase

ghost towns

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • ghost can mean: A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death. Frequent word
  • towns can mean: plural of town Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 6 middle, 10 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a few ghost towns get a 1× airports became ghost towns 1× and nearly ghost towns worth exploring 1× are 140 ghost towns many becoming 1× cities into ghost towns 1× forests and ghost towns nearest the 1× has more ghost towns than any 1× most famous ghost towns nininger 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

british columbia has 1× but some holiday 1× entrepreneurs in victoria 1× forestville ended up 1× i ve visited 1× if it didn 1×

Common sentence endings:

became ghost towns 2× into ghost towns 2× every summer weekend 1× ghost towns however 1× ghost towns nininger 1× ghost towns too 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

new 3× columbia 3× abandoned 3× became 3× economy 2× british 2× region 2× north 2× turn 2× less 2× miles 2× half 2×

Related phrases

small towns

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around towns:

small towns 11×

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Just after it in the phrase index:

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Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

small towns

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "ghost towns" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 27.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a few ghost towns get a, airports became ghost towns, new, columbia and abandoned stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with small towns and small towns, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with ghost towns

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Throughout Saskatchewan, there are 140 ghost towns, many becoming abandoned during the 20th century. (14 words)

If it didn't, well, South Dakota does have its fair share of ghost towns, too. (16 words)

Forestville ended up having a different fate than most of the state’s other ghost towns, however. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

The northern half of the state is a series of ghost towns, meth labs, gun stores and adult novelty shops, but mostly cornfields with nowhere to stop, the southern half of the state is also cornfields and nowhere to stop. (40 words)

Prolonged ghost towns and lockdowns of the region's towns and villages did not help matters with those thirsty for education scared of threats from proponents of schools boycott following the socio, political and security crisis rocking the region. (39 words)

The day after, Parliament would close its doors, the week after the border with the U.S. slammed shut to all but essential workers and travel restrictions reduced air travel to Canada so sharply that airports became ghost towns. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Revived ghost towns render A few ghost towns get a second life, often due to heritage tourism generating a new economy able to support residents.

The ghost towns in British Columbia were predominantly mining towns and prospecting camps as well as canneries and, in one or two cases, large smelter and pulp mill towns.

Within a short drive from Fort Collins or Greeley there are enough ghost and nearly ghost towns worth exploring to fill every summer weekend.

Prolonged ghost towns and lockdowns of the region's towns and villages did not help matters with those thirsty for education scared of threats from proponents of schools boycott following the socio, political and security crisis rocking the region.

British Columbia has more ghost towns than any other jurisdiction on the North American continent, with one estimate at the number of abandoned and semi-abandoned towns and localities upwards of 1500.

Land speculators and local boosters identified many potential towns, and those reached by the railroad had a chance, while the others became ghost towns.

But some holiday-let companies have warned that the hotspots could turn into ghost towns, with a devastating blow to the economy if owners decide to sell up and tourists do not come.

Entrepreneurs in Victoria worry the new remote work policy for public servants will turn government cities into ghost towns.

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Forestville ended up having a different fate than most of the state’s other ghost towns, however.

The cemetery that sparked her interest is less than 3 miles from one of the state’s most famous ghost towns — Nininger.

The northern half of the state is a series of ghost towns, meth labs, gun stores and adult novelty shops, but mostly cornfields with nowhere to stop, the southern half of the state is also cornfields and nowhere to stop.

Throughout Saskatchewan, there are 140 ghost towns, many becoming abandoned during the 20th century.

It is a trend that is spreading, albeit slowly, across many neighbourhood shopping strips that became ghost towns after a number of retailers shut down.

I’ve visited some small and very creepy ghost towns but most have names you wouldn’t find out of the ordinary.

Regal’s Edwards Cinema in Canyon Country, CA, 36 miles north of Los Angeles, is part of the nation’s ghost towns of theater closures.

The day after, Parliament would close its doors, the week after the border with the U.S. slammed shut to all but essential workers and travel restrictions reduced air travel to Canada so sharply that airports became ghost towns.

The forgoing assertion is underscored by the fact that at a point, owing to the lockdown, the ever boisterous landmarks across the world like Time-square, New York, Eiffel towers, Paris and Buckingham palace, London were like ghost towns.

With more businesses closing or limiting opening hours since then, usually busy town centres have been transformed into ghost towns.

If it didn't, well, South Dakota does have its fair share of ghost towns, too.

Less than 3 per cent — an area roughly twice the size of the District of Columbia — of the prefecture remains officially off limits: in the mountainous forests and ghost towns nearest the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

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