Example Sentences

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The river, at times hauntingly beautiful and others murky and unknowable, offers a mirror to Daniel's torment, and to the increasingly fragile hope of his wife, Agnieszka, that Chris will one day come home.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

Both surveys are publicly available, inviting anyone to explore this hauntingly beautiful corner of the cosmos.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2025

A more accurate summary of “Andor” and its impact is to call it hauntingly evocative of this American era, particularly in the way it develops its antagonists.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

On paper, the unsettling drama explored the murky goings-on in the US logging town following the murder of teenage beauty queen Laura Palmer, hauntingly brought to life by Sheryl Lee.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

“And now,” she says, “the prelude to Johann Sebastian Bach’s hauntingly beautiful Cello Sonata Number One in G.”

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein