dread

Example Sentences

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The first is the dread of contemporaneous discovery, which is no problem if a donor arranges for his or her diary to be sealed until the people in it are dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

There’s no reaching past something sticky or spoiled, no quiet dread lurking in the crisper drawer.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

A daily unrelenting dread from which there is no sign of escape.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Somewhere between realizing the cucos were dead and the dread of their situation sinking in, Seven passed out right there in the snow.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega