dreaded
Example Sentences
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But they wake up on race day with the dreaded red signal on their watch telling them they haven’t fully recovered from a shake-out run the day before.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 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
But he does sugarcoat his technological limitations as a 67-year-old comic in the dreaded age of video calls with a punchy Chicano twist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 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
For as much as I dreaded possibly failing the tryout, it would’ve been nice to at least get the chance to see what I could do.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
