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
The footage, which appears in Laura Poitras’ marvelous 2022 documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” is a haunting vision of lethal corporate greed.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
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 • Mar. 13, 2026
“It sounds like a classic haunting to me. But why is she haunting you?” she asks.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.