How to Use haunt in a Sentence

haunt

1 of 2 verb
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  • The tune haunted me all day.
  • If you ignore the problem, it will come back to haunt you.
  • Some people believe that the ghost of an old sea captain haunts the beach.
  • Their failure to plan ahead is now coming back to haunt them.
  • The ghosts of his past haunt him with the arrival of a new maid.
    — Allison Argueta-Claros, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • For the Suns, those eight games will come back to haunt them.
    — Shane Young, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Leaving points on the board can come back to haunt you.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The haunting portrait with a life of its own is at the crux of the novel, for starters.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 31 July 2023
  • The Strangers franchise is back to haunt your nightmares.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Hyder just hopes the photos don't come back to haunt her.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Part three takes us all the way back to 1666, and reveals the origins of the curse haunting Shadyside.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2023
  • And no doubt the Week 4 blowout loss against a bad Titans team now haunts the Bengals.
    — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 4 Jan. 2024
  • That whine would be a constant throughout the day, and still haunts my nightmares.
    — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • He’s haunted by nightmares of Black Spy stabbing him in the back.
    — Gyasi Hall, Longreads, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Lemon Cake In Lemon Cake, the 2022 baking sim, being haunted is a good thing.
    — Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Gabbie is quite amused when Ben is haunted right back to her house.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
  • On the surface, all seems normal until her dark past comes back to haunt her.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 June 2023
  • Once inside the house, Poirot is haunted by unseen spirits in his search for the truth.
    — Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Are your mistakes haunting you in the middle of the night for weeks afterwards?
    — Sara Gaynes Levy, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
  • The Whitney is said to be haunted by Whitney and his first wife, Flora.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2024
  • And having a cup of coffee in the middle of the afternoon can come back to haunt you at bedtime.
    — Carly Weeks, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
  • In the days since her son’s killing, the heartbroken mother told WPVI there are thoughts that haunt her daily.
    — Jillian Sykes, CNN, 5 July 2023
  • But the actors who haunt the Edge of Hell and the Beast have only one goal: to reduce us to quivering blobs of fear.
    — Robert Trussell, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Known as Ghost Island, the site is haunted by Maija, a small girl in a blue coat who appears late at night.
    — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2024
  • What results is a haunting work that exudes grace and grit in equal measure.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Those were the haunting words my friend Lucky texted to me in mid-August 2021 from a mountaintop in Urgun, Afghanistan.
    — Shawn Vandiver, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Yet the conflict in Ukraine seemed to haunt the background of several entries.
    — Mike McCahill, Variety, 14 May 2023
  • Just as Khaled and his friends struggle under the weight of their past lives, My Friends is also haunted by the ghosts of Matar’s early work.
    — Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The question of why Jeff Bezos, a man who can afford not to bother, wants to own the Washington Post haunts the pages of this book.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Her teachers and friends are trying to cope, haunted by her absence and the circumstances of her death, Hawkins says.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
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haunt

2 of 2 noun
  • The restaurant became one of her favorite haunts.
  • Where To Play: Now, Marfa is known for its quirky haunts.
    — Devin Alessio, ELLE Decor, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Jase Yeates, is in his third season at the haunt, and was a linebacker in high school.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The size of the haunt is a pretty sharp contrast to where Stross and Wells started: in their yards.
    — Taylor Burnette, The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The gothic haunt has lived a full life over the last century.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2022
  • No one will be able to pump the movers and shakers at a favored haunt, the Triple George Grill, quite the way the old pro did it.
    — James Rainey and Brittny Mejia, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • About a quarter of the haunt is tweaked every year, Dunfield said.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Take a tour of the city to soak in the history during the day, then explore the stars' favorite haunts at night.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 7 June 2023
  • In the meantime, customers are mourning the loss of their favorite haunt.
    — Beth Landman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2022
  • All of the food is fast, fresh and quite excellent over at this real deal Thai haunt in the East End.
    — Brooke Viggiano, Chron, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Doors that were once flat textures open to reveal new haunts.
    — Brian Feldman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • But five days later, Flora is back in the store, haunt-browsing.
    — Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The ghosts of drag queens past haunt this new spinoff competition.
    — cleveland, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Cambridge just got a day-to-night haunt with delicious food and drink.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Then one night in bed, her husband, David, mentioned that one of her haunts, Schemengees, was up for sale.
    — Nick Perry, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The junior haunt is brightly lit, quieter and serves up more laughs than screams.
    — oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Escape your usual haunts and hop in your car for a quick road trip to a nearby town.
    — Country Living, 22 Mar. 2023
  • And the Bar Hemingway, named for another frequenter of The Ritz, is a cozy haunt.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Bobby’s days and proves to be both haunt and ruination.
    — Joy Williams, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
  • Instead, why not venture outside of the regular haunts to the Roseraie in Parc Bagatelle?
    — Laura Hampson, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But Ward’s daily life does not consist of rubbing elbows with the literati in their New York haunts.
    — Imani Perry, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Robinson was not expecting for the team at her haunt to get so close so quickly.
    — Christine Tannous, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The Spurs’ quest to fill the Alamodome in their return to their old haunt next month is looking more plausible by the day.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Now is exactly the time to scare up the best Halloween decorations to add a bit of haunt to your house.
    — Sarah Wolf Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2022
  • One of their favorite haunts is an old fashioned outhouse.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
  • The show will take place at its usual haunt, the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The rookies were facing their former team for the first time since the trade two weeks ago, but all three were visitors to their old haunt for the first time.
    — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Even the line at the late-night haunt Voodoo Doughnut was surprisingly short compared with past years.
    — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The trail is an intense haunt recommended for ages 16-up.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The overall impression was of squatters having taken over a haunt of the rich.
    — Alan Philps, Town & Country, 5 July 2023

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