- present participle of haunt.
haunting
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Their faces are vivid, and haunting, whether bearing signs of greying hair and wrinkles, or the long eyelashes and chubby cheeks of a child.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Located in the Weddell Sea, east of the Antarctic Peninsula, Vega Island has a particularly haunting appearance when viewed from above.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
A specter is haunting Europe, and plenty of other places too.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
In his haunting comeback episode, a man in a "Daft Monk" Halloween costume - a play on music duo Daft Punk - appears to be accidentally killed over and over again by Springfield residents.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
It was haunting to see them for the first time, stark evidence of the forests in which they’d once stood, and the villages they had shaded.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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