nightmares

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

“All of a sudden I’m looking at really horrific images and at first you have nightmares — and at a certain point you kind of adjust,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

With the nightmares of Hitler, Mussolini and the Iron Curtain still years in the future, Churchill mined his youth to position himself as one of history’s glowworms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Full-backs far more experienced than the 21-year-old have had nightmares up against Lamine Yamal.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

But in the days before school closed, I’d have nightmares about how to get there.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola