haunted
Example Sentences
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Hoiberg credited the purportedly haunted Oklahoma City hotel the Huskers had been staying in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
The Chargers, meanwhile, take an offensive lineman to address the need that haunted them all last season after they were ravaged by injuries up front.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Meanwhile, the war is producing the kind of backlash that has haunted every modern American intervention.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
Across 3,000 square feet, it offers four interactive room choices where groups get to decide between escaping different areas of the haunted house.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
I daresay it is only a rat scrambling along the rafters of the adjoining schoolroom: it was a barn before I had it repaired and altered, and barns are generally haunted by rats.—To proceed.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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