haunt
verb (used with object)
to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost.
had haunted
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past perfectof haunt.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The Fed’s federalist structure, with a dozen regional central banks, resolved a conundrum that had haunted America since its founding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
He was a ghost who had haunted me and my family for so long.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
Love, Hauptmann’s relative, said she remained focused less on the whodunit than on helping to wipe away a stain that had haunted her family for nearly a century.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
“The spectre of George’s gaffe-induced meltdown had haunted his son’s entire political career,” Coppins writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
The vicious and easily identifiable demons that had haunted black Americans for three centuries were shape-shifting as segregation began to yield under pressure from social and legal forces.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
