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

Chrissie Read, who has four children between the ages of 10 and 17, said she "quite often dreads the summer holidays" and relied on the charity's boxes to manage.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

About 40 miles south, Marianne Hunter dreads the rain because of an another ongoing disaster: the landslides on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2025

Seven folds his hands and rests them on top of his dreads.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas