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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The stage set was haunting in its stark simplicity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
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
In an interview with the Associated Press he said that the footage of the Titanic they captured in 1986 was "haunting".
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2023
It was haunting, the echoes of what is happening today with COVID.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2022
I thought I had resigned myself to being left out, but it was haunting me again.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
