- present participle of haunt.
haunting
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A specter is haunting Europe, and plenty of other places too.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
Walking through the forest, the scale of what happened is almost haunting.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Eliot Prize-winning collection of narrative poetry “The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos”; her haunting accordion-fold elegy, “Nox”; and her widely praised translation of Sappho’s surviving fragments, “If Not, Winter.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Yet the image of the male Viking warrior stubbornly lingers, drawing crowds while also haunting the galleries like a restless specter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
The haunting notes didn’t resemble an organ, a piano, a fiddle, or any instrument of this world.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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