dread
Example Sentences
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More on that in a moment — there’s only so much existential dread a person can handle.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Most retailers dread high return rates and how they can eat into profits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
"The feeling of dread was knowing something had gone very much amiss, and what was that going to mean for the children?"
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Lots of people may ask this question as excitement or dread builds around the PBS debut of “The Forsytes.”
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
She gazed at Deadwood with dreamlike curiosity, unlike most people, who peered at Clare’s tangled woods with dread, or disgust, or, worst of all, as if it were something they could own.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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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