dread
Example Sentences
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Lots of people may ask this question as excitement or dread builds around the PBS debut of “The Forsytes.”
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
On Monday, shares of JPMorgan and its competitors fell some 4% as a sense of dread about artificial intelligence and its broader economic effects gripped the market.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Mr. Levine plays a far gentler and more original character than we’re used to from him; Jennifer Jason Leigh, as Nicky’s mother, Victoria, has long turned her dying cadences into the voice of dread.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Now, many observers fear, the 2018 power-sharing agreement that brought relative calm could be shattered - something millions across the country dread.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
But worse than that was the creeping dread.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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