dread

"I dread to think what the outcome would have been if that capacity at Ninewells wasn't there," she added.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Mark, an illustrator with millions of followers, revealed a deep sense of dread about what was once his dream: to make a living creating art and sharing it online.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

We then lost steam, leaving a lingering sense of dread over the unfinished business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

"We're lucky. For the moment we haven't found any dead animal. It's what we dread, because it's very hot," she said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

And Josie was instantly shot through with dread.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

To anyone who dreads flying because of ticket prices, security checks, bag fees and leg cramps, director Rory Kennedy offers several more reasons to take the train.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

His elderly parents and children remain in Russia and he dreads uprooting his family.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Mullen said she is "constantly worried", fearing that rats will get into her home, and said she dreads every time she has to take the bins out as rats congregate nearby.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

Ferrara admits she could also just drive to the Nevada city, but she dreads the prospect of a four-hour-plus ride.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2025

Mrs. Torrance sat on the edge of her desk and lowered her head, her dreads hanging down the sides of her face.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

"I suffered from body dysmorphia for years because of that, believing that no matter how strong, thin or young I was, there was no escaping the dreaded cottage cheese thighs."

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

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 he also thinks they have skipped the dreaded Trough of Disillusionment, a phase that is part of research firm Gartner’s Tech Hype Cycle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Anything that drifts too close to the dreaded category of “dump and stir,” a phrase that has done real reputational harm to a perfectly sensible technique?

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

It served as a breathing hole for Asmodeus, also as amplification to echo the dreaded name through the caves and tunnels as a warning to intruders.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

As for Spivey, she cried before heading to a funeral home for her daughter, dreading having to fill out a death certificate and decide whether to cremate or bury her firstborn child.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

And we’re dreading the coming costs to move our cars and some furnishings to the West Coast.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

And so I was dreading having to editorialize about this, but fortunately a pollster did it for me.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

Many of my Chicago neighbors wake each morning dreading what they’ll read in the newspaper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

I can only watch helplessly as it drags me into a day that I’ve been dreading for months.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins