Meanings of haunt the present in anglès

I am the Sixties come back to haunt the present.

Spirits of the ancient come to haunt the present?' He made a spooky, Hallowe'en gesture with his hands.

Unravelling the relationships between personal and collective histories, amnesia and the archive, Wa Lehulere's practice explores how South Africa's past continues to haunt the present.

And how it always ends up haunting the present.

"Funny thing," I said, "how the past can haunt the present.