haunt
verb (used with object)
to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost.
was haunting
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past progressiveof haunt.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Another member of the LWRA, Abbas Dadou, said the building was "haunting us every day".
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
If she was haunting the hotel, the women said, more power to her.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2023
You just knew that you were giving up the thing that you were great at to deal with the thing that was haunting you.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2023
“It was haunting almost to hear. … it just made me so angry and it made me lose even more faith, I guess, in having a safe community in cheer,” Sam says.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2022
It was haunting to see them for the first time, stark evidence of the forests in which they’d once stood, and the villages they had shaded.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
