- present participle of haunt.
haunting
Example Sentences
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I can vividly recall the haunting aftertaste, the glorious specificity of the experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Here is a writer and director with not just plenty on his mind, but the preternatural proficiency to execute those ideas in haunting, humorous and really quite moving ways.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
The post has 10 million views. , externalComments describe it as "nightmare fuel" and "genuinely haunting", suggesting it had been pulled from a 'cursed attic'.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
This poses a haunting dilemma for those in the capital.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Those haunting words snuck up on me again.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
