dread
Example Sentences
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I feel like I’m trapped in a maze that keeps changing its configuration, and I dread the state of the job market when my contract ends in a few months.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
There is already dread about how girls who endured the horror of the flood will respond to their first summer storm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Delia Lodge said she is filled with dread every time they have to sit in the same area as A&E patients while waiting for treatment at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, in Denbighshire.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
More on that in a moment — there’s only so much existential dread a person can handle.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
For a moment, dread passed over his face.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing dread
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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