nightmares

Example Sentences

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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

I still suffer from nightmares and post-traumatic stress disorder.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 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

"I don't sleep too well… nightmares… I don't know what I'm gonna see or come across."

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Almost every night, he shouted himself awake from nightmares in which he pictured one disaster or emergency after another.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong