nightmares

Example Sentences

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Children seeking to avoid nightmares may wish to skip to other shorts on the disc.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

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

In a statement read on her behalf immediately before sentencing, she described suffering nightmares and added: "I feel ashamed, insecure and uncomfortable in my own body."

From BBC • May 21, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

“Those were the days,” she would murmur, telling Ophie stories that sounded like nightmares even to her young ears.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland