dreaded

Example Sentences

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It’s a dreaded task when I’m already caught up running other errands — or simply procrastinating.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Bone chips, ACLs, MCLs, pulled hamstrings, multiple Tommy John surgeries and the recent epidemic of dreaded oblique strains just for starters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Tropical setting aside, I dreaded the stay just like I did my previous glamping adventure at Nascar and shared Airbnb in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Sean Duffy is even taunting Pete Buttigieg about it, in a bout of dreaded intra–transportation secretary violence.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

It seemed we’d hardly slept when it was day, the day I dreaded.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff