nightmares

Example Sentences

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While Mr. Harris dreamed up a singular literary terror, Stephen King has countless nightmares to his name.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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

Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said the girl's death was the realisation of "our worst nightmares".

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

“Your room, and your nightmares, and your clutter, and your secrets—all of it is fine?”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse