noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
see
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He saw that the white apparition was a dead swan.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a ghostly apparition
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The apparition ran silently across the lobby and disappeared through a window.
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The women said they saw an apparition in the church, next to the altar.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All over Ireland, posters advertise pilgrim coach tours to Knock, a town famous for apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
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Delia Sutherland did not need to go nearer to know who they were - apparitions of herself, her father.
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He goes on to relate many other such stories, mainly involving apparitions on the mission field.
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He wanted to run, to hit out, to lash at this evil apparition .
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Johnnie stood at the tideline, a virginal apparition begging him to come out.
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Since 1972 many more apparitions as well as statues of the Virgin that weep and move have been reported.
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The terrorized novice promptly returned it, claiming that he was being haunted by apparitions for his act.
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There were also stories circulating that he had been the beneficiary of Marian apparitions.