Wraith

Definition

wraith /reÇθ/ n တေစၧ။ (ကိုယ္ထင္ျပေသာ) ဝိညာဥ္။ a wraith-like figure (ie a very thin pale person).

Examples

1. ‘Despite the insubstantial nature of the wraith
2. it appeared opaque enough
3. and stood in the center of the study's hardwood floor with its wings fully outstretched.’
4. ‘Finally satisfied with the job that they had done
5. Loren and his militia gunmen gathered up their weapons and disappeared like wraiths into the darkness.’
6. ‘Loyd says he has been personally informed by an actual ghost that these wraiths are ‘balls of energy
7. ’ so masses of meters and detectors would seem essential to such investigations.’
8. ‘The wraiths and phantoms creep under your carpets and between the warp and weft of fabric
9. they lurk in wardrobes and lie flat under drawer-liners.’
10. ‘In his mythology
11. those who use the Ring will become disembodied wraiths
12. but will still have physical as well as spiritual powers.’
13. ‘The stage is designer Andy Klunder's evocation of a World War I blue remembered battlefield
14. peopled by a ghostly lost generation in sad tin hats and mouldy cloth
15. their women anonymous wraiths in caps and shrouds.’
16. ‘The form stepped forward out of the corner
17. condensing from the darkness into a head
18. shoulders
19. and indiscernible body cloaked in some material light and impatient in movement as the summer wraiths in this part of the world.’
20. ‘She was filled with a strange mixture of awe and fear at seeing Erik's skill with the sword
21. almost that he wasn't a man at all
22. but a ghostly night wraith.’
23. ‘Dalrion appeared out of the shadows to my left
24. reminding me strongly of a wraith - mysterious and silent.’
25. ‘He was also superstitious
26. explaining that the fox's tail he fastened to his saddle was for good luck
27. and the blue and brown beads he wore around his wrist were meant to ward off wraiths and evil spirits.’
28. ‘In keeping with the Batman myth established in the 30's comics
29. Wayne Senior is killed in a random street robbery
30. surviving only as a moral wraith tormenting the conscience of his orphaned son.’
31. ‘As far into the distance as I'm able to see there are ghosts and wraiths
32. rank upon rank of them
33. progressively grey and formless
34. still
35. silent
36. and waiting with solemn eyes to see what we will do with the world they left behind them.’
37. ‘They had their hoods drawn in the manner of their kind
38. and like vultures over a battlefield or perhaps like wraiths over a grave
39. they hovered over him to see if he was hurt.’
40. ‘In Tolkien's mythical Middle Earth
41. evil is personified by Sauron
42. a dark wraith whose shadow reaches out for the one ring of power he can use to bring every living creature under his dominion.’
43. ‘The faces of Efia
44. Ynsandrailia
45. Kjarian
46. and Zlatthanalian were within the dream
47. but they were faded
48. like wraiths.’
49. ‘Instead
50. the Moon Beings became like wraiths
51. cloudy figures always shrouded by a misty covering-willing to do anything their master asked.’
52. ‘Once inside the building
53. both Evoke and Max could feel the spirits and wraiths
54. but Evoke could feel the more powerful ones.’
55. ‘I could almost see the wraith of our dear ‘Elder Brother’ hovering over them.’
56. ‘It wasn't the wordless lyrics of death of the wraith
57. but it was very close
58. and Jeremy had the sickening feeling that it was a call to arms.’
59. ‘Moreover fictional ghosts take many forms