nightmarish

Example Sentences

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The attempt went relatively smoothly, she explains, apart from a "nightmarish" section when cleaning a kid's playground at four in the morning where the game's bright primary colours affected her in "a very psychedelic way".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

It also extended a nightmarish stretch of Olympic finishes in Shiffrin’s otherwise outstanding career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

His sister Linda Unamuno, 39, burst into sobs as she recalled a nightmarish night.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

What could be more gulp-inducing than trying to defeat a nightmarish vine-covered villain and wipe out an eerie and horror-filled alternate dimension?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

He fell off the step, away from the rock wall, out into space, off the cliff-side, where he dropped—a nightmarish tumble down distances that Bod could not even imagine....

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman