Dreads is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dreads meaning
dreadlocks
Using Dreads
- The main meaning on this page is: dreadlocks
- In the example corpus, dreads often appears in combinations such as: dreads the, she dreads.
Context around Dreads
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 13 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dreads
- In this selection, "dreads" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, governments, short, dan, coming, flying and death stand out and add context to how "dreads" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include chief commissioner dreads death on and currently wearing dreads along with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dreads" sits close to words such as aar, abdulla and abimbola, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dreads
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As she plans her mother’s funeral with relatives, she dreads the final farewell. (14 words)
For Graham Ashton it is the day every Chief Commissioner dreads – death on duty. (14 words)
But why exactly are dreads great for the third decade of one's life? (14 words)
That alleged suspect was described as a "lighter skinned black male, slender build" who was between 5-foot-10 and 6-foot and whose arms may have been covered in tattoos and has 3-inch to 4-inch "twists/dreads hairstyle," the report read. (44 words)
The empathy-starved rich dude from Bantry Bay or Sandton, the gogo who takes three taxis to get home after cleaning his house, you, me, that guy who just lost his job, that woman who dreads going home to her abusive husband. (42 words)
The 34-year-old is speaking over Zoom, dressed in his trademark look: a relaxed short-sleeved, button-up pattern shirt and a black leather cap covering the top of his shoulder-length dreads, which are styled in bunches. (39 words)
But why exactly are dreads great for the third decade of one's life? (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ghost’s owners have the right of appeal–not to the Palm Coast City Council, which, like all local governments, dreads the no-win politics of these cases, but to circuit court.
In a video published by on November 2, 2022, a day after Takeoff’s death, Quavo could be seen in an altercation with short dreads who held a gun by his side.
So, I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’, and I look and I see someone with dreads.
There’s a shred of hope when he gets to court as his solicitor reassures him that he should only receive a short sentence, but all the same Dan dreads the idea of prison.
The shift worker dreads coming home from her 12-hour days for fear of what new leak will greet her when she walks through the door.
In “Anna Karenina,” when Levin’s brother Nikolai is dying in agonizing pain, Levin is so physically and psychologically repulsed that he avoids the situation and dreads the mental anguish it brings.
It’s like watching a man possessed by the spirit of music itself, dreads flying, reggae’s ecstatic answer to Mick Jagger’s gyrating goat.
It was only when the little girl was carried into A&E, her parents saying they'd not leave until they found out what was wrong with Annabel, that tests brought the news every parent dreads.
As she plans her mother’s funeral with relatives, she dreads the final farewell.
For Graham Ashton it is the day every Chief Commissioner dreads – death on duty.
It is wrong for any police officer to expressly accuse or pronounce someone, irrespective of age, guilty because they have dreads or ride luxury vehicles.
That alleged suspect was described as a "lighter skinned black male, slender build" who was between 5-foot-10 and 6-foot and whose arms may have been covered in tattoos and has 3-inch to 4-inch "twists/dreads hairstyle," the report read.
The 34-year-old is speaking over Zoom, dressed in his trademark look: a relaxed short-sleeved, button-up pattern shirt and a black leather cap covering the top of his shoulder-length dreads, which are styled in bunches.
The empathy-starved rich dude from Bantry Bay or Sandton, the gogo who takes three taxis to get home after cleaning his house, you, me, that guy who just lost his job, that woman who dreads going home to her abusive husband.
According to the member of the defunct Psquare group, he had noticed the policemen harassing the young man because he had dreads and immediately went to his rescue.
But why exactly are dreads great for the third decade of one's life?
In the meantime, Skinner said, she dreads the thought of again running into the man she suspects killed her son, as she did in the Dunkin' Donuts in May.
Jay-Z himself is currently wearing dreads, along with other influential black creators such as filmmaker Ava DuVernay.
Being the coach… you have to stand up for your athletes… this was way more than just dreads.
Have your re-growth done about every three months if you would like your dreads to always be neat, or every six months if you don’t mind a bit of top fuzz.
Common combinations with dreads
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: