dread
Example Sentences
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I remember I’d admitted to my husband that I dreaded Christmas every year.
From Los Angeles Times
That pride can turn to dread as you ponder a future of RMDs where you must withdraw money that you’d prefer to leave untouched — and pay federal tax on that money at ordinary income rates.
From MarketWatch
Anna - who had only started dating Dan a few months before the accident - had to make dreaded phone calls to family members.
From BBC
I can’t go into details without crossing the dreaded spoiler line, but even accepting the impossible tech, much of “The Copenhagen Test” makes little practical sense, including the eponymous test.
From Los Angeles Times
People who seek treatment at the outpatient clinic, one of 16 federally supported Hansen’s disease clinics in the U.S., are often overwhelmed by dread, uncertainty and shame, Balquin said.
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