dread
Example Sentences
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“The relief gets better at first. But the long-term dread remains.”
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
There is a specific kind of quiet dread that comes with living alone and opening the fridge to find a tub of Greek yogurt you bought with the best of intentions.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
I feel like I’m trapped in a maze that keeps changing its configuration, and I dread the state of the job market when my contract ends in a few months.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Mum couldn’t bear to let me go, but she understood that this was the only way she could keep me warm and fed, and set herself free from the dread of losing a child.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
As the summer wore on, the boy had begun, if not to enjoy his weekly conversations with the social worker, at least not to dread them.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Vocabulary lists containing dread
The Grim Reader: Wicked Words of Grave Importance for Halloween
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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