haunted

Example Sentences

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Ahmed provides his haunted, intelligent eyes to convey the inner torment of this Hamlet, the grieving scion of a wealthy family of real estate developers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Hoiberg credited the purportedly haunted Oklahoma City hotel the Huskers had been staying in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

For years afterward, her loans haunted her, with loan servicers telling her that they didn’t qualify for public service loan forgiveness.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Some of them are haunted by their pasts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

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 "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda