nightmare

Example Sentences

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But the new season also opens with a rather blood-curdling scream and gothic nightmare of darkness and horror that turns out to have nothing to do with what the plot eventually tells us happened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

A free shuttle bus around one of Wales' most popular beauty spots could stop the area being blighted by nightmare parking issues, according to a local councillor.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

But first, somebody has to pack it all up — all 3.5 million fossils, each fragile and irreplaceable, like a house move out of a nightmare.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Maybe he could just go back to sleep and let this whole nightmare end on its own.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley