dreading

Example Sentences

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“When you get on a plane, you know you’re that guy that everybody is dreading sitting next to.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The couple is among thousands of immigrant parents hiding in their homes in Minneapolis, dreading that federal agents will come knocking.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Later that year, Lively also sent texts to actress and co-star Jenny Slate, and said she was "dreading" going back to set and "getting hits of the experience in really upsetting ways".

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

After spending another consecutive weekend with Clark at his place, I was dreading my usual return drive home over the Sepulveda Pass and into the Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

It was several moments before I saw the dark, cloaked figure leading a horse—the very figure I had been hoping, yet dreading, to see.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood