haunted

Example Sentences

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Fleming, according to the Associated Press, told Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett in court on Wednesday: "It's truly a nightmare I can't wake up from. I'm haunted by the mistakes I made."

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Diamond wrote this waltz-time weeper with Carole Bayer Sager, who beat him to the punch with her own recording; his version is haunted, hers downright macabre.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

We get no sense of the man’s haunted determination—no hints of those hellhounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

While Japan was long haunted by deflation, it has more recently faced a surge in living costs.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Nightmares of Nok had haunted him ever since he had escaped her in Tanaburi.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat