haunt
Example Sentences
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Faith and modesty were qualities in all Heynis’s performances, delivered in a plaintive and haunting tone that is not quite like any other.
Fourth, a question that has haunted chancelleries for several months: Is the new master of Damascus, Ahmed al-Sharaa, truly a repentant former member of al Qaeda?
It was a mistake that would haunt him.
From Literature
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The deadly fire which ripped through a bar in Crans-Montana still haunted minds in the Swiss ski resort on Sunday, a month on from the tragedy.
From Barron's
She’d been haunted at night by the idea that someone else might buy it before she had enough.
From Literature
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