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

But these same strange, delicate, leggy arthropods also haunt our nightmares.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said the girl's death was the realisation of "our worst nightmares".

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

In a victim personal statement, Edwards said he had trouble sleeping, suffered nightmares and now struggled with social situations.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

She hadn’t had any nightmares like everyone else, but she found it hard to fall asleep in the bed all by herself.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland