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  • noun Plural form of haunting.

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Examples

  • Water, of course, is a standard component in hauntings, and psychic trauma (there was a devastating race riot in Wilmington in 1898).

    October 2007 2007

  • Water, of course, is a standard component in hauntings, and psychic trauma (there was a devastating race riot in Wilmington in 1898).

    Cape Fear Crime 2007

  • Water, of course, is a standard component in hauntings, and psychic trauma (there was a devastating race riot in Wilmington in 1898).

    October 2007 2007

  • Water, of course, is a standard component in hauntings, and psychic trauma (there was a devastating race riot in Wilmington in 1898).

    Cape Fear Crime 2007

  • Had I a mind of a more metaphysical bent, I would have assumed this house to be haunted, but, like the monstrumologist, I rejected the notion of hauntings and other supernatural phenomenons.

    The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009

  • Had I a mind of a more metaphysical bent, I would have assumed this house to be haunted, but, like the monstrumologist, I rejected the notion of hauntings and other supernatural phenomenons.

    The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009

  • “Very interesting,” thought Mrs. Bradley, “considering that the hauntings were a source of income.”

    When Last I Died Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1941

  • But whereas most so-called hauntings have been described to me as inimical, what I am conscious of is that I am admired, loved, desired.

    Tongues of Conscience Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • The so-called hauntings are usually just stories without any basis.

    unknown title 2009

  • Which, come to think of it, probably goes down as one of those "hauntings" I was talking about last time around.

    November 2007 2007

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