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haunting

[hawn-ting, hahn-] / ˈhɔn tɪŋ, ˈhɑn- /


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But here’s the thing: that crusty, once-opened jar of kale pesto quietly haunting your condiment shelf?

From Salon

Yet the most haunting contested claim of Moy’s life did not pertain to music.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then we would sing, haunting, melancholy desert music.

From Literature

Shot in richly textured black and white with a fixed camera, Rosi makes the region’s present look as if it’s always teetering on the edge of a haunting archival status.

From Los Angeles Times

Pedro R. Díaz played the haunting English horn solos—in costume in the tunnel—embodying the lifelong mourning that torments Tristan.

From The Wall Street Journal