are dreading
- present progressive of dread.
Example Sentences
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A nationwide crop assessment is underway and authorities are dreading the results, with the number needing help likely to skyrocket, said the WFP’s Erdelmann.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
No matter where they stand on the break, students and coaches are dreading that potential outcome.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
There is one thing both are dreading, however: the possibility of spot kicks to decide the match.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2021
Don’t move if you are dreading it this much at this point.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2021
“Thank you, my dear. Incidentally, that thing you are dreading — it will happen on Friday the sixteenth of October.”
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
