(v. t.) To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.
(v. t.) To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.
(v. t.) To practice; to devote one's self to.
(v. t.) To accustom; to habituate.
(v. i.) To persist in staying or visiting.
(n.) A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.
(n.) The habit of resorting to a place.
(n.) Practice; skill.
Example Sentences:
(1) My scepticism has not vanished overnight and I cannot help but still be haunted by certain fears.
(2) Even more haunting were stories from his wife's village, where the fleeing family found the bodies of her sister and an eight-year-old niece lying in pools of blood.
(3) • +33 2 98 50 10 12, hotel-les-sables-blancs.com , doubles from €105 room only Hôtel Ty Mad, Douarnenez Hôtel Ty Mad In the 1920s the little beach and fishing village of Douarnenez was a favourite haunt of the likes of Pablo Picasso and writer and artist Max Jacob.
(4) George Osborne may well end up in the unhappy position of trying to convince the public, in a haunting echo of the 2010 campaign, that he is still the man to bring the nation's finances back into balance by the end of the next parliament.
(5) No.” Labour is similarly haunted by its own three-time election winner.
(6) The CCTV images released by police are haunting as we watch an individual who appears calm and focused throughout.
(7) Woods certainly appears to have exorcised the demons that have haunted him in recent years, after his world collapsed in spectacular circumstances four years ago.
(8) The Immediate Family series is complemented by haunting studies of the grown-up faces of her children, Emmet, Jessie and Virginia, all now in their 20s.
(9) "Strange", however, evokes a haunting sense of something out of joint.
(10) For a time it did indeed appear as though Manning was destined to follow the same path as Marino – his great idol – remembered as one of the all-time greats but forever haunted over his failure to win a Super Bowl.
(11) Even as Kasab and Khan were attacking the CST station, another pair of gunmen hit the the Leopold Café, a popular haunt for backpackers.
(12) Imran Khan, the cricketer turned politician, hosted the event, where Ridley, who also now does human rights work, said: "I call her the 'grey lady' because she is almost a ghost, a spectre whose cries and screams continue to haunt those who heard her."
(13) Today boys and girls regularly walk the corridors and yards of the museum, brought by parents and teachers to learn about South Africa's haunted past.
(14) His and Osborne's post-election "softening up" is returning to haunt them.
(15) But the album for which she is being rightly acclaimed, 50 Words for Snow, as well as cleverly weaving together some hauntingly beautiful melodies with a characteristically surrealist narrative, also perpetuates a widely held myth about the semantic capaciousness of the Inuit language.
(16) The good news is, bad movies get forgotten in a day; whereas bad books, if you happen to have written one or two, have a way of coming back to haunt you long after you thought you’d forgotten them; not least because there is always some smart new critic out there who insists that your worst work is your best.
(17) When I look at photographs that try to move the world to compassionate action I am haunted by Jurgen Stroop .
(18) It positioned Kelela as a significant new vocalist, her phrasing indebted to pop but somehow elegantly haunting.
(19) Ghosts of crashes past still haunt this consumer Christmas Read more However, earnings growth has weakened.
(20) That year, he saw King Vidor's First World War spectacular The Big Parade in the West End, a regular haunt for the teenager.
Haunting
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Haunt
Example Sentences:
(1) My scepticism has not vanished overnight and I cannot help but still be haunted by certain fears.
(2) Even more haunting were stories from his wife's village, where the fleeing family found the bodies of her sister and an eight-year-old niece lying in pools of blood.
(3) • +33 2 98 50 10 12, hotel-les-sables-blancs.com , doubles from €105 room only Hôtel Ty Mad, Douarnenez Hôtel Ty Mad In the 1920s the little beach and fishing village of Douarnenez was a favourite haunt of the likes of Pablo Picasso and writer and artist Max Jacob.
(4) George Osborne may well end up in the unhappy position of trying to convince the public, in a haunting echo of the 2010 campaign, that he is still the man to bring the nation's finances back into balance by the end of the next parliament.
(5) No.” Labour is similarly haunted by its own three-time election winner.
(6) The CCTV images released by police are haunting as we watch an individual who appears calm and focused throughout.
(7) Woods certainly appears to have exorcised the demons that have haunted him in recent years, after his world collapsed in spectacular circumstances four years ago.
(8) The Immediate Family series is complemented by haunting studies of the grown-up faces of her children, Emmet, Jessie and Virginia, all now in their 20s.
(9) "Strange", however, evokes a haunting sense of something out of joint.
(10) For a time it did indeed appear as though Manning was destined to follow the same path as Marino – his great idol – remembered as one of the all-time greats but forever haunted over his failure to win a Super Bowl.
(11) Even as Kasab and Khan were attacking the CST station, another pair of gunmen hit the the Leopold Café, a popular haunt for backpackers.
(12) Imran Khan, the cricketer turned politician, hosted the event, where Ridley, who also now does human rights work, said: "I call her the 'grey lady' because she is almost a ghost, a spectre whose cries and screams continue to haunt those who heard her."
(13) Today boys and girls regularly walk the corridors and yards of the museum, brought by parents and teachers to learn about South Africa's haunted past.
(14) His and Osborne's post-election "softening up" is returning to haunt them.
(15) But the album for which she is being rightly acclaimed, 50 Words for Snow, as well as cleverly weaving together some hauntingly beautiful melodies with a characteristically surrealist narrative, also perpetuates a widely held myth about the semantic capaciousness of the Inuit language.
(16) The good news is, bad movies get forgotten in a day; whereas bad books, if you happen to have written one or two, have a way of coming back to haunt you long after you thought you’d forgotten them; not least because there is always some smart new critic out there who insists that your worst work is your best.
(17) When I look at photographs that try to move the world to compassionate action I am haunted by Jurgen Stroop .
(18) It positioned Kelela as a significant new vocalist, her phrasing indebted to pop but somehow elegantly haunting.
(19) Ghosts of crashes past still haunt this consumer Christmas Read more However, earnings growth has weakened.
(20) That year, he saw King Vidor's First World War spectacular The Big Parade in the West End, a regular haunt for the teenager.