haunted

Example Sentences

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Like all tragedies, Cuba’s is haunted by unanswered questions, fatal mistakes and sliding-doors alternative possibilities.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

If any place should be haunted, it is the Brontë parsonage.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

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

The second his shift is over, he gracelessly flops over the boards and zones out so dramatically that fans like to joke that he’s haunted.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

They looked very fresh, and I wondered how she managed to grow things in the frozen ground—not to mention in a haunted wood.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff