Throughout the summer, Ms. Johnson had been plagued by the loud, haunting sound of someone - or something - whistling.

Highlights include a replica of what was reputedly Franklin's favourite invention, the armonica, an unusual glass musical instrument that makes a resonating, haunting sound.

Pondering the issue for a moment, you decide that you don't really want to know what's making the odd, haunting sound.

Then, in the sudden silence, the mournful, haunting sound of "Taps" wafted over the green hillside where Jim's body would be laid to rest.

Aunt Stasia had welcomed her kindly, though with the usual remote, haunting sound of tears in her voice.

The air was suddenly split with the doleful, haunting sound of taps.

Lucius Hunt is commonly known for brooding lyrics and a dark, haunting style and sound which typifies the group.

Mr. Halkias is widely regarded as one of the world's great clarinetists and interpreters of a style called epiros, which features a mournful, haunting sound.

The fluting, haunting sound of the wind was torn by the sound of hoofbeats rapidly approaching.

Anouar Brahem is a Tunisian master of the oud, the Arabic lute, a pear-shaped, wooden box with five or six double strings that produce a dry, haunting sound.