nightmare
noun
a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc.
nightmares
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pluralof nightmare.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The following season, Ditka had revived the “Monsters of the Midway” with a defense that still gives quarterbacks nightmares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Her children were having nightmares and Brandon had told her he no longer wanted to live in the house.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
So the news "was like her nightmares have come true," said the man.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Moskovsky Komsomolets had suggested that UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham should be seeing Russia, not in his dreams, "but in his nightmares".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
But it wasn’t Uncle C’s, like in my nightmares.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
