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

The mythical creatures from Latin American horror stories are haunting visitors at Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

Accompanying Auster’s sobering, impassioned plea are haunting black-and-white photographs taken by Spencer Ostrander.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

I feel myself capable of dissipating the phantoms which are haunting you, and to blow off all that mist.

From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.