Example sentences for: haunting

How can you use “haunting” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Follow the old Roman chariot road (repaved) of Via Tiburtina 30 km (19 miles) east of the capital to the haunting ruins of Hadrian’s Villa (Villa Adriana), near the picturesque town of Tivoli, at the foot of the Sabine Hills.

  • The area around the south end of Columbus Avenue was once known as the Barbary Coast, a seedy and boisterous waterfront district, with sailors on shore leave haunting the bars and brothels, while their captains shanghaied drunken civilians to make up lost crew.

  • Today, motor scooters often drown the sound of playing children, and mobile phones are heard far more frequently than the haunting cadences of the bazouki.

  • Maslin says one "needn't really articulate what makes it so haunting.

  • Its prized possessions are two: the haunting Volto Santo (Holy Face), a wooden crucifix said to have been carved by Nicodemus and possessing miraculous powers; and the graceful white marble tomb of Ilaria del Carretto Guinigi by master Sienese sculptor Jacopo de lla Quercia (1408) in the former sacristy.


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