dreads

Example Sentences

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Ferrara admits she could also just drive to the Nevada city, but she dreads the prospect of a four-hour-plus ride.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 8, 2025

She now tries to get abroad at least once a year, but dreads flying because she does not know what assistance she will receive from the airport and airline.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

And if someone in the administration can’t predict the president’s every thought, they risk being slapped with the moniker every Housewife dreads: “one-season-wonder.”

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025

She’s young—a lot of the teachers at my school are—and she’s West Indian, which the rest of them aren’t—and she has dreads down to the middle of her back, and ironic horn-rimmed glasses.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon