dread

Example Sentences

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Most retailers dread high return rates and how they can eat into profits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

One piece of data triggers optimism, followed just days, or hours, later by apocalyptic dread.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Suddenly, Stacy must confront that cabin and her dread of defecating in an outhouse.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

A decade has passed since Louise James returned from a hen weekend feeling a sense of dread that a tragedy would unfold.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

The gray exhalation of mist came again, and again the air filled with the dread that clutched at Christopher’s chest.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell