haunted

Example Sentences

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For years afterward, her loans haunted her, with loan servicers telling her that they didn’t qualify for public service loan forgiveness.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

But perhaps the best thing to come of the record was that Blake was able to “solve some riddles” that had haunted him for quite some time.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

And always there is Mama, who haunted her life and haunts her memoir, though Ms. Minnelli wants it understood that she’s her own personage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

He said she was haunted by nightmares of the incident.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Buck’s restlessness came back on him, and he was haunted by recollections of the wild brother, and of the smiling land beyond the divide and the run side by side through the wide forest stretches.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London