haunting

Example Sentences

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Just adjacent to the facility, still in operation today, is a haunting reminder of the past: the graves of more than 200 children who died in state custody.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

A concern haunting investors is that Apple appears to be easing into generative AI while rivals Google, Microsoft and OpenAI race ahead.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

It’s frank, intimate, poetic in its elisions and profoundly haunting in its effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

It was melodic and haunting, even as the world waited for the “shock and awe” to begin.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

His voice is pure and round and haunting, like the call of an owl.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz