haunted

Example Sentences

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Most Ebola outbreaks tend to be small, but specialists are haunted by the 2014-16 outbreak.

From BBC • May 17, 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

Cenet remains haunted by that stop, fearing a "worst-case scenario", he said.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

If you were told the building was haunted, you might attribute that agitation to something supernatural.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Gautier could have written this about almost any painting—he was haunted by dozens.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day