'dread' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'dread' with 7 example sentences.
- dread adjective
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: causing fear or dread or terror
- dread noun
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: fearful expectation or anticipation
- dread verb
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: 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.