dread

Example Sentences

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Most retailers dread high return rates and how they can eat into profits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"I hate school holidays. I hate the half-term. I hate Christmas. I dread the phone ringing, because the bites do increase during the holiday period and half-term and it's just horrendous."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Lots of people may ask this question as excitement or dread builds around the PBS debut of “The Forsytes.”

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

One piece of data triggers optimism, followed just days, or hours, later by apocalyptic dread.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Paralyzed with dread, I sat through the ride imagining going to the tahara house.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros