haunting

Example Sentences

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Skating to Laufey’s “Promise,” a haunting piano ballad, Liu glided through a flawless short program that she said nearly moved her to tears.

From Los Angeles Times

The haunting notes didn’t resemble an organ, a piano, a fiddle, or any instrument of this world.

From Literature

It was haunting to see them for the first time, stark evidence of the forests in which they’d once stood, and the villages they had shaded.

From Literature

Faith and modesty were qualities in all Heynis’s performances, delivered in a plaintive and haunting tone that is not quite like any other.

From The Wall Street Journal

The sound from its strings, sweet and haunting and melodic, touches my soul.

From Literature