dread
Example Sentences
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Yet there’s dread among households juggling higher gas, food and borrowing costs — and worrying about their jobs.
From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026
There is a specific kind of quiet dread that comes with living alone and opening the fridge to find a tub of Greek yogurt you bought with the best of intentions.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
"I dread coming home, it's just destroying every part of it", she said.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
That enthusiasm is a far cry from the dread many exhibitors felt this time last year after a disastrous first quarter at the box office.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Our robot felt something like dread as she waited for a sleek white ship to appear.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Vocabulary lists containing dread
The Grim Reader: Wicked Words of Grave Importance for Halloween
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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