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

I’m haunted by the perfection of Roxy board shorts from the early aughts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Cenet remains haunted by that stop, fearing a "worst-case scenario", he said.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

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

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Ophie, of course, was only half listening, mostly doing what she did every day on the trolley: watching ghosts and the people they haunted.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland