| The specter of the unfolding financial crisis incited some panic buying of Treasuries. |
| The driving factor for the split was actually the specter of being delisted. |
| And there is always that specter of a whiff of smoke being sniffed in the exceedingly crowded theater. |
| I searched the entire throne room, expecting to find a specter or ghost pop out at any second, and my imagination slowly took over reason. |
| Of course, this scary apparition is a specter much more often cited than sighted. |
| We would have a brighter future, not threatened by the specter of global warming. |
