dread

While he did not think it affected his tennis very much, he said it left him with a "feeling of dread" which made life on the road far less enjoyable.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

"I wanted to really lean into the horror, and that slow sense of dread that the games have done so well across all of them," Cregger said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

AI development is moving ahead at blazing speed—much faster than expected—feeding a growing sense of dread within the companies that it was in danger of spinning out of control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

But since the rings select their bearers by asking whether they’re afraid during an ambush designed to create dread, the test favors those for whom life never presents anything to fear.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

“And I’m going to be less blindly trusting! Seriously, if Shifa hadn’t swapped the maps, I dread to think what would have happened to you. I would have never forgiven myself.”

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

But he still dreads the possibility the product of his 25-hectare vineyard in the village of Correns could be declared undrinkable, and that he'd be unable to sell some 90,000 bottles.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

I’d see an old man with his gray dreads and sing-songy voice as I would walk from parking my car on the street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Merry, Faye’s editor, dreads breaking the news about Faye’s latest manuscript: “How do you tell her that her 15th book . . . is unsalvageable?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Ferrara admits she could also just drive to the Nevada city, but she dreads the prospect of a four-hour-plus ride.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2025

A conscious woman, in stonewash with her dreads pulled back, is giving him the side-eye and laughing.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

"I suffered from body dysmorphia for years because of that, believing that no matter how strong, thin or young I was, there was no escaping the dreaded cottage cheese thighs."

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

For tax reporting, does it use Form 1099 or the dreaded K-1 form?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

But they wake up on race day with the dreaded red signal on their watch telling them they haven’t fully recovered from a shake-out run the day before.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Anything that drifts too close to the dreaded category of “dump and stir,” a phrase that has done real reputational harm to a perfectly sensible technique?

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

I’d seen this coming, seen it coming for months and dreaded it.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

And we’re dreading the coming costs to move our cars and some furnishings to the West Coast.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

In fact, I found myself humming along the interstate at 80 mph, anticipating, even dreading the moment the gas engine refired.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

And so I was dreading having to editorialize about this, but fortunately a pollster did it for me.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

All of these factors contribute towards a situation which has now left many dreading the idea of going to A&E.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

“You don’t sound like you’re dreading it anymore.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer