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

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Having directed the haunting “Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes,” James Jones, who worked here with co-director and producer Megumi Inman, seems to know his way around disasters both natural and, in the case of Fukushima, unnatural.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

He thought about telling them of his own single, haunting detail.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan