- plural of nightmare.
nightmares
Example Sentences
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For days he suffered nightmares as he struggled to understand how he got hacked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
So the news "was like her nightmares have come true," said the man.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Moskovsky Komsomolets had suggested that UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham should be seeing Russia, not in his dreams, "but in his nightmares".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Curry, who died Tuesday at 80, made a gleefully evil turn as a clown that sparked nightmares for legions of Gen X and millennial viewers that continue to haunt to this day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Sleep brought only nightmares and he roused to find himself shouting aloud.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
