nightmare

Example Sentences

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Until last weekend, the World Cup had mostly been a refuge from the nightmare that is American politics.

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2026

Every successful actor probably has a nightmare that one day the phone stops ringing and you’re coasting on fading glory.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2026

Of course, even after that nightmare, less than two years later, Ohlmeyer called him and said he was wrong about Sandler.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2026

But then came a nightmare Walker could have never imagined.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

I needed to get outside now, before the girls rushed headlong into another nightmare brought on by a lack of caution.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall