dread
Example Sentences
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She said "my kids were afraid that I was going to die and they were going to die", and that her family began to dread public spaces and social events.
From BBC
“We were dreading this. But unfortunately, I personally thought it’s a matter of when, not if.”
The dreaded norovirus — the “vomiting bug” that often causes stomach flu symptoms — is climbing again in California, and doctors warn that a new subvariant could make even more people sick this season.
From Los Angeles Times
She dreads the day a doctor may offer her the option: an indication that the state is resigned to give up on people like her.
If my eye weren’t throbbing and puffing up and I weren’t so full of dread, the moment would be kind of funny.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
