nightmare

Example Sentences

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Subconsciously hearkening back to his childhood sleep experiences, he adds, “I wanted this story to feel like a nightmare that just keeps getting worse and worse and worse and worse.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Read: Could a jet-fuel shortage turn your European summer vacation into a nightmare?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

"Losing a child is every parent's worst nightmare and I know the impact this news will have on the wider community and particularly Mackenzie's school."

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Alfonsi’s parting words to the Columbia Journalism Review perfectly summarized the nightmare unfolding at CBS: “The arrogance, cruelty, and incompetence is stunning.”

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Evidently, it was a nightmare that they both wanted to forget.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield