How do you use the word "haunt" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "haunt": My past indiscretions are coming back to haunt me. That coffee shop is my favorite haunt.

Haunt Meaning

/hɔːnt/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

verbTo make uneasy, restless.

Sentence Examples

My past indiscretions are coming back to haunt me.

That coffee shop is my favorite haunt.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

ghost repair resort

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Legends say that ghosts can ____ old castles at night.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Legends say that the ghost of the lady in white continues to ____ the halls of the manor.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), from Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”) or/and from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village”). Cognate with Old English hǣman (“to cohabit, lie with, marry”); related to Old English hām (“home, village”), Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”) from the same Germanic source. Another descendant from the French is Dutch hanteren, whence German hantieren, Swedish hantera, Danish håndtere. More at home.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"You wrong me Sir,thus ſtill to haunt my houſe." — c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 52, column 1:

"Foul spirits haunt my resting place." — 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:

"those cares that haunt the court and town" — 1713, Jonathan Swift, Imitation of Horace, Book I. Ep. VII:

"The murder of Déagol haunted Gollum, and he had made up a defence." — 1954, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring:

"Ex's and the oh-oh-oh's, they haunt me / Like ghosts, they want me / To make 'em a-a-all / They won't let go / Ex's and oh's" — 2014 September 23, Elle King, Dave Bassett, “Ex's & Oh's”, in Love Stuff, performed by Elle King:

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