nightmares
Example Sentences
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In their small living room, his mother sighs: "He still has nightmares at night, and I am getting weaker day by day."
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Curry, who died Tuesday at 80, made a gleefully evil turn as a clown that sparked nightmares for legions of Gen X and millennial viewers that continue to haunt to this day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
In many ways, they are physical manifestations of artificial intelligence—an incorporeal technology—that’s fueling both big dreams and new nightmares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Edwards recalled being told by a psychologist to think about birthday parties when he had nightmares, despite many of the children who attended those parties having died.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Irina Rakobolskaya said that sometimes the pilots wouldn’t sleep for days, “afraid of having nightmares during which they struggled with searchlights.”
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
