nightmare

Example Sentences

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Marie-Thérèse's son said his story "was like a bad American film. Every morning I wake up and tell myself none of it is true, that it was just a nightmare."

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

He did accept that Rudakubana had made his mother and father's lives "a nightmare" and parenting him had been "challenging".

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Here’s a nightmare scenario that might scare people into thinking hard about who they are hiring: One woman is fighting a $328,000 tax bill because her accountant improperly claimed deductions behind her back.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Meet Mick Cronin’s nightmare, a 7-foot-3 indictment of his embattled program, a monumental mistake that has spent three weeks eating at the heart of even the most dedicated Bruin loyalists.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

They had opened it to find a nightmare: Allun and Marlie, filthy and ragged, nearly fainting from exhaustion and thirst.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda