dread
Example Sentences
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Dread can also exist in response to the imagined if not the unthinkable where the very idea and possibility of the horrible may be worse than the real thing.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024
Dread of the school drop-off line has been percolating for years.
From Slate • Sep. 3, 2024
“It’s almost like the Dread Pirate Roberts from ‘The Princess Bride.’
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023
Shiner has just expanded the board by seven new members, including the artists Dread Scott and LaToya Ruby Frazier.
From New York Times • May 17, 2023
“You know the Dread Pirate Roberts? You are friendly with such a man?”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Vocabulary lists containing dread
The Grim Reader: Wicked Words of Grave Importance for Halloween
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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