nightmares
Example Sentences
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Parents who have lived through similar nightmares may also discover “companionship and meaning” in the knowledge that others have similarly wrestled with devastation—and continued.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 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
“All of a sudden I’m looking at really horrific images and at first you have nightmares — and at a certain point you kind of adjust,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Orwellian fears are growing about a new kind of surveillance state that was once just the stuff of nightmares.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
“It’s mighty hard. All the time I was in school, I had nightmares over Latin.”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
