Example Sentences

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"He cast considerable doubt she could have been haunting the Highlands for years."

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024

Ghosts have been haunting drama since the early days of Aeschylus.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2022

“Those songs of yours have been haunting me — and exciting me,” he wrote to Dylan.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2020

But given the amount of time these pictures have been haunting you with no seeming end in sight, you’re probably best off talking to a therapist for a few sessions, remotely if necessary.

From Slate • May 18, 2020

After the new year, I intend to resume instrumental music, and to write several things for the piano, and probably a symphony of some kind, for two have been haunting my brain.

From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix