nightmares

Example Sentences

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Corvette, a promising and hard-working designer herself who aspires to Christie’s brilliance, is tormented by nightmares of rich people complaining about the generation who “can’t expect everything to be handed to them.”

From Salon • May 22, 2026

"The youngest has nightmares and revisits it all the time."

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Parents who have lived through similar nightmares may also discover “companionship and meaning” in the knowledge that others have similarly wrestled with devastation—and continued.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Troy Terry, who had four shots, said he’ll have nightmares about the misses.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Mixed with nightmares of marauders raiding the freeway like they raided Kelton’s home—led by Hali on my soccer team and her mother, who’s now fifteen feet tall and steals everyone’s water.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman