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

It was a series of nightmares, of dreams mixed with reality, of scenes and movements and pictures.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen