nightmare

Example Sentences

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But the new season also opens with a rather blood-curdling scream and gothic nightmare of darkness and horror that turns out to have nothing to do with what the plot eventually tells us happened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“To me that’s a nightmare scenario, that one company can decide what questions we are allowed to ask and what is a security issue or not.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

He was the forgotten man, cast into a recurring nightmare of rehab and hope.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Energy markets’ worst nightmare has been playing out for more than 100 days, but one would hardly know it by looking at crude-oil futures.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Ekon screwed his eyes shut, trying to use his fingers to count away the rising nightmare, but it held fast.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray