Explore Dread through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like fear or apprehension. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dread in a sentence
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Dread meaning
- To fear greatly.
- To anticipate with fear.
- To be in dread, or great fear.
Synonyms of Dread
Using Dread
- The main meaning on this page is: To fear greatly. | To anticipate with fear. | To be in dread, or great fear.
- Useful related words include: fear, apprehension, alarming, terrible.
- In the example corpus, dread often appears in combinations such as: of dread, with dread, the dread.
Context around Dread
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dread
- In this selection, "dread" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, meaning, dreadlocks, cultural, depending, permeates and lord stand out and add context to how "dread" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against the dread lord and angst meaning dread or anxiety. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dread" sits close to words such as ale, appointing and avery, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dread
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Even Democrats began avoiding the dread label. (7 words)
A sense of dread permeates through every shot. (8 words)
Alarms going off and a rising sense of dread. (9 words)
I've walked there picking mushrooms at the edge of dread, but don't be fooled this isn't a Russian poem, this is not somewhere else but here, our country moving closer to its own truth and dread, its own ways of making people disappear. (46 words)
In The Concept of Anxiety (also known as The Concept of Dread, depending on the translation), Kierkegaard used the word Angest (in common Danish, angst, meaning "dread" or "anxiety") to describe a profound and deep-seated condition. (37 words)
Before I started remote work, I would dread the office kitchen in early January, where almost every conversation would include how “bad” folks had eaten over the holidays and how “good” they needed to be now. (36 words)
But my gold standard for holiday reading will always be Elizabeth Kostova’s Dusty libraries, disappearances, family secrets, and an escalating sense of dread … could one ask for anything more? (30 words)
Does the phrase — usually following two startling knocks on the door — fill you with happiness or dread? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
In The Concept of Anxiety (also known as The Concept of Dread, depending on the translation), Kierkegaard used the word Angest (in common Danish, angst, meaning "dread" or "anxiety") to describe a profound and deep-seated condition.
In the early 1970s Big Youth became very popular and had three very successful albums, Screeming Taget, Dreadlocks Dread and Natty Cultural Dread.
I've walked there picking mushrooms at the edge of dread, but don't be fooled this isn't a Russian poem, this is not somewhere else but here, our country moving closer to its own truth and dread, its own ways of making people disappear.
Popular slogans, often incorporated within reggae lyrics, include: "Not every dread is a Rasta and not every Rasta is a dread.
Alarms going off and a rising sense of dread.
Apple TV+ debuted a trailer for the chilling new docuseries The Enfield Poltergeist with audio recordings that will fill you with dread.
Ardell Martin, a retiree who lives on a fixed income, said her trips to the grocery store, a thing she used to enjoy, now fill her with dread.
A sense of dread permeates through every shot.
As the X-Men fought their way through Apocalypse's citadel, Magneto was able to escape and fight back against the dread lord.
Before I started remote work, I would dread the office kitchen in early January, where almost every conversation would include how “bad” folks had eaten over the holidays and how “good” they needed to be now.
But my gold standard for holiday reading will always be Elizabeth Kostova’s Dusty libraries, disappearances, family secrets, and an escalating sense of dread … could one ask for anything more?
But women’s desire for it is at first trounced by a deep, developmental dread of our own strength, she said.
Caelid is the one area in that most players dread, either through the memes, or the fact that it's visually horrifying with its red sky and dead ground.
Cafeteria workers will no longer feel the dread that accompanies turning a child away from the lunch line.
Does the phrase — usually following two startling knocks on the door — fill you with happiness or dread?
Don’t worry if the complicated waiting makes you dread the sign-up process.
Dragon Age: Inquisition has many fans who enjoy its story, particularly the greater overarching plotline, revealing Solas to be the Dread Wolf.
Even Democrats began avoiding the dread label.
Experts recommend turning the first day of your work week into something you look forward to instead of dread.
Experts suggest that spending time in nature may not have the same barrier to uptake as exercise, which people might dread or avoid despite knowledge of its benefits.
Common combinations with dread
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of dread 48×
- with dread 21×
- the dread 19×
- dread and 17×
- and dread 14×
- dread the 11×
- dread that 11×
- dread of 10×
- to dread 8×
- dread central 7×