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'dread' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'dread' with 7 example sentences.


dread adjective

: causing fear or dread or terror

dread noun

: fearful expectation or anticipation

dread verb

: be afraid or scared of; be frightened of


  • He dreaded having to spend Christmas in the hospital.
  • Why do you think animals dread fire?
  • Many children dread their parents.
  • I'm dreading the exam.
  • A burnt child dreads the fire.
  • They live in constant dread of floods.
  • I've been dreading this moment for a long time.
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