13 example sentences using specter.
Specter used in a sentence
Specter in a sentence as a noun
The article raises the specter of a "1x-tax", along the lines of the "IE7 tax".
And I don't know why you would raise such a specter of exclusion with no basis.
They're not enacted by some amorphous specter of 'government'.
That, and of course the specter of another platform-specific API.
"I often wonder if being shackled to a job by the specter of being uninsured isn't built into the system on purpose.
I often wonder if being shackled to a job by the specter of being uninsured isn't built into the system on purpose.
I've found that a pretty effective cure for meeting chatter and tangential discussion is raising the specter of wasted time.
The other important point:Every minute you waste on the specter of piracy is a minute you're not spending making something useful.
I doubt Ghostery turns me into an internet specter, but at least I know I'm not pinging Facebook's, Google's, and God-knows-who-else's beacons whenever I open a web-page.
Their separatist governments have also used the specter of separation to extort concession after concession out of the federal government.
In 1952, only intellectuals seemed much disturbed by the specter of anti-intellectualism; by 1958, the idea that this might be an important and even a dangerous national failing was persuasive to must thinking people.
Child pornography is one of those bugbears -- much like terrorism -- that is so theoretically abhorrent to a lot of people that anyone trying to push legislation or regulation through the system can summon its specter for an instant veneer of credibility and legitimacy.
The supporting anecdote isn't even about employees, but investees... What proportion of people receiving money in the software industry do so via investment rather than a paycheck?Of course the specter of ageism haunts everyone, so the linkbait is effective and we have 60+ comments here.
Specter definitions
a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"