haunted

Example Sentences

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"I'm haunted by dreams of those dogs, what Ian endured and the kids' faces when I had to tell them," she told Thursday's hearing.

From BBC

It was Perfidia’s job to go and anchor this boat and stay there and create the path for Willa to take on these battles, because her past haunted Willa and Bob.

From Los Angeles Times

Although the series does not directly address Northern Ireland's difficult history, McGee draws a parallel between the friends' buried secret and the way Belfast still feels "haunted by the past".

From Barron's

The words that he had heard for the first time with a thrill of dread, the words that had filled his dreams and haunted his thoughts in the long days since:

From Literature

The 28-year-old has been haunted by a comment he made as he struggled in a game against the Patriots in 2019, when he said "I'm seeing ghosts", but Darnold has now exorcised those demons.

From BBC