nightmares

Example Sentences

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That book caught the eye of Elon Musk, who said its message gave him nightmares.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026

It’s a sea of nightmares in suits, and among them is Schlossberg, the Dennis the Menace we don’t deserve, don’t really want, but are burdened with regardless.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

Corvette, a promising and hard-working designer herself who aspires to Christie’s brilliance, is tormented by nightmares of rich people complaining about the generation who “can’t expect everything to be handed to them.”

From Salon • May 22, 2026

In a statement read on her behalf immediately before sentencing, she described suffering nightmares and added: "I feel ashamed, insecure and uncomfortable in my own body."

From BBC • May 21, 2026

And it is the way of magic and nightmares to choose those almost-but-not-quite moments and wait.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi