How to Use haunt in a Sentence

haunt

1 of 2 verb
  • 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.
  • Shame haunts him around the clock.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026
  • That will come back to haunt you.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Those words had come back to haunt him.
    — CBS News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • That’s how ghosts come to haunt a place.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The bare legs with skinned knees will haunt me.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2026
  • That came back to haunt the Comets.
    — Nathan Dunn, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Roy is haunted by the shame of this.
    — Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
  • These are the kinds of points that could come back to haunt a team.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • These ghost stories still haunt us to this day.
    — Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
  • He's haunted by his life and the things he's done.
    — Samantha Highfill, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
  • What haunted him even more was how fame might change him.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
  • What haunts me are those nights when the ball flew between us.
    — Gali Kronenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • For the Suns, those eight games will come back to haunt them.
    — Shane Young, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • And that's where that quote's going to come back to haunt him.
    — ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • In the fifth, a leadoff walk came back to haunt Ohtani.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Mayhew told me that he was still haunted by guilt.
    — Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Injustice kind of haunts her in a way.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • Thomas and John are still haunted by where she was found.
    — Mary Murphy, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The joy and release of those early miles can haunt you.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Any lies will come back to haunt you sooner rather than later.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Atoning for an old legal case which has come back to haunt her.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • Her ghost then haunts him in order to get justice for her death.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 June 2026
  • But unforced errors would come back to haunt her.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • That’s what will probably haunt this group for a long time.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • There are even whispers of his ghost still haunting the area.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • But two words haunt any thoughts of optimism.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025

haunt

2 of 2 noun
  • The restaurant became one of her favorite haunts.
  • Mine shafts are a popular haunt for death too.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Doors that were once flat textures open to reveal new haunts.
    — Brian Feldman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • As always, the specter of injury haunts this list.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The gothic haunt has lived a full life over the last century.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Look for any new spots that could quickly become favorite haunts.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2023
  • The ghosts of drag queens past haunt this new spinoff competition.
    — cleveland, 23 Oct. 2022
  • And to return to some of favorite haunts, but also to see what's next.
    — Matt Zahn, CBS News, 27 June 2026
  • The translation squeaks and spooks with imagery of haunts and death.
    — Amber McBride, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Cambridge just got a day-to-night haunt with delicious food and drink.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Escape your usual haunts and hop in your car for a quick road trip to a nearby town.
    — Country Living, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The junior haunt is brightly lit, quieter and serves up more laughs than screams.
    — oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • Robinson was not expecting for the team at her haunt to get so close so quickly.
    — Christine Tannous, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Oct. 2021
  • About a quarter of the haunt is tweaked every year, Dunfield said.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Oct. 2022
  • But five days later, Flora is back in the store, haunt-browsing.
    — Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021
  • In the meantime, customers are mourning the loss of their favorite haunt.
    — Beth Landman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2022
  • From cocktail havens to historic haunts, here's which watering holes made the cut.
    — Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Half of them died, leaving behind memories and haunts.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Guests will also have access to axe throwing and a courtyard area to rest between haunts.
    — Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Her other favorite haunt is near the back of the house at the beginning of the theater's first aisle.
    — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Oct. 2025
  • For a humorous and fun take on Halloween haunts, this is the perfect movie for all ages.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Park Station fills a stein-sized hole in an island that’s otherwise known for open-air beer haunts.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • 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 overall impression was of squatters having taken over a haunt of the rich.
    — Alan Philps, Town & Country, 5 July 2023
  • What happened next haunts the dreams, dents the bravura of every New Yorker.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 June 2026
  • Eventually the haunt begins, and one player becomes a traitor and tries to beat the others.
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 12 Apr. 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, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Buckle up for loads of action and a wild ride through SoCal history and haunts.
    — Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026

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