haunted

Example Sentences

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Most Ebola outbreaks tend to be small, but specialists are haunted by the 2014-16 outbreak.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

His 2021 restaurant memory drama “Pig” gave Nicolas Cage his subtlest dialogue in years, while “A Quiet Place: Day One” had no business being as believably haunted as it was.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

The second his shift is over, he gracelessly flops over the boards and zones out so dramatically that fans like to joke that he’s haunted.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

If you were told the building was haunted, you might attribute that agitation to something supernatural.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Once they reached Turfan, they would triple in size—goods, pack animals, traders, and caravaneers—in order to make the trek to Kashgar across those haunted sands.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri