nightmare

Example Sentences

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“To me that’s a nightmare scenario, that one company can decide what questions we are allowed to ask and what is a security issue or not.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Subconsciously hearkening back to his childhood sleep experiences, he adds, “I wanted this story to feel like a nightmare that just keeps getting worse and worse and worse and worse.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Read: Could a jet-fuel shortage turn your European summer vacation into a nightmare?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

She, my mother, unfortunately, was the victim of that… It was a nightmare.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Which means I only have to bike over to the justice center and survive this panel thing, and this nightmare day will be over.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz