haunt
verb (used with object)
to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost.
are haunting
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present progressiveof haunt.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The images are haunting, but undeniably charming, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
"The hysteria photographs are bizarre. They are haunting and beguiling," said Dr Byers.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025
Injuries also are haunting the defense with star outside linebacker Joey Bosa struggling because of a hip injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2024
Accompanying Auster’s sobering, impassioned plea are haunting black-and-white photographs taken by Spencer Ostrander.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023
It matters not that there are times, When words to us are wanting; For then, within, mysterious sounds Our spell-bound hearts are haunting.
From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
