nightmare

Example Sentences

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For an artist like Lori, who works part-time at a Chinese food truck while painting and writing art criticism on the side, the job is both a dream and a nightmare.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

More than three years on, his mother is living every parent's worst nightmare.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

It wants you to feel that nightmare scenario of being stuck, but it also wants to be meditative.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 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

The problem with the falling nightmare is that even after waking up, I’m still scared, as if there’s more to come.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh