nightmares

Example Sentences

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Corvette, a promising and hard-working designer herself who aspires to Christie’s brilliance, is tormented by nightmares of rich people complaining about the generation who “can’t expect everything to be handed to them.”

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Another said they became emotionally unstable, had nightmares and spent most of their days in their bedroom.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Parents who have lived through similar nightmares may also discover “companionship and meaning” in the knowledge that others have similarly wrestled with devastation—and continued.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Troy Terry, who had four shots, said he’ll have nightmares about the misses.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

“These are my orders: You will not speak of your nightmares to anyone else, and you will instruct your brothers to do the same. Do you understand?”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray