spectre

• Then, with a noiseless step, Martin retreated slowly backward towards the door and passed out like a spectre--never for a moment taking his eyes off those of the savage until he was lost in darkness. —  Martin Rattler
• This spectre, which is profoundly believed in by the villagers, had not been seen for at least two years before the murder, but she made a reappearance a night or two after the crime, and is supposed to have been seen frequently ever since. —  The Shrieking Pit
• Her own spectre was always rising between them, and she got some fearful joy out of that. —  The Story of a Play A Novel
• To this the old Halling peasant contributed, who, whilst they travelled through this desolate mountain track, related to the party various particulars of the "subterranean folk" who dwelt there, and whom he described as a spectre herd, with little, ugly, pale, or bluish human shapes, dotted in grey, and with black head-gear. —  Strife and Peace
• He comes like a spectre: they start away in alarm; the Sorcerer of the Black Wood stands before them Unthinking beings!" —  Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre

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