dread

He also has a sense of dread when it comes to trips to the dentist office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

"We're lucky. For the moment we haven't found any dead animal. It's what we dread, because it's very hot," she said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

It’s really no wonder that Neill would go on to play characters who echoed Mark’s descent into madness, splitting off into equally extraordinary works of spine-tingling creature feature dread.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

They delivered their plots arrow-straight to make the dread sting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Now they stood, looking up, their faces masks of dread and fear.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

Tamang dreads what the future may bring, especially if these hydropower projects are shut down.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

His elderly parents and children remain in Russia and he dreads uprooting his family.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

I’d see an old man with his gray dreads and sing-songy voice as I would walk from parking my car on the street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Merry, Faye’s editor, dreads breaking the news about Faye’s latest manuscript: “How do you tell her that her 15th book . . . is unsalvageable?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

He stood at his counter, wearing purple robes and a wizard hat topping off his dreads.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said: "We'll start getting rid of the dreaded 'ironing board seats' so passengers can enjoy comfier, more pleasant journeys on some of Britain's busiest commuter routes."

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The five words every baseball soul outside of Los Angeles dreaded hearing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

But I live in fear of the moment when the conversation takes that dreaded turn toward the last redoubt of small talk: What do you do?

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

These sessions, along with daily Dharma talks, both of which I’d dreaded, turned out to be the retreat’s highlight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

The way Grandma was or could be, we dreaded the thought of asking someone outside the family to endure even a few days alone with her.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

And we’re dreading the coming costs to move our cars and some furnishings to the West Coast.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

And so I was dreading having to editorialize about this, but fortunately a pollster did it for me.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

“When you get on a plane, you know you’re that guy that everybody is dreading sitting next to.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

All of these factors contribute towards a situation which has now left many dreading the idea of going to A&E.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

We stood huddled by the fence, dreading the inevitable as we watched both the Quinceañera and her mother freeze in their tracks.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall