nightmare

Example Sentences

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Jo said the family's current situation was "horrendous" and was "every parent's worst nightmare really".

From BBC

"A full closure for more than a few days is the nightmare scenario," he said.

From Barron's

With time running out to save its star-crossed season, USC put itself in position for a statement-making Saturday, only to see that dream devolve into a nightmare in an 82-67 loss to No. 12 Nebraska.

From Los Angeles Times

The biggest “oil-market nightmare” would be Iran “flipping the Strait of Hormuz switch,” he told MarketWatch — disrupting maritime passage through the narrow chokepoint, which carries 20% of the world’s global crude.

From MarketWatch

The biggest “oil-market nightmare” would be Iran “flipping the Strait of Hormuz switch,” he told MarketWatch — disrupting maritime passage through the narrow chokepoint, which carries 20% of the world’s global crude.

From MarketWatch