have dreaded
- present perfect of dread.
Example Sentences
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Presidents and generals have dreaded seeing his byline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
Still, people have dreaded going there for so long that that development would be met with a shrug — if there was any appreciable and public momentum toward a new site and a new facility.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022
The ballooning page count, oddly enough, is a giveaway: The longer you read The Mirror and the Light, the more you sense how Mantel must have dreaded arriving at this finale.
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2020
“There is not a day I have dreaded coming in that door,” he said, gesturing to the entrance of his shop, where the “OPEN” sign faced outward one last time.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2019
"Charity" sounded to her Christian, and warm, and friendly; but she dreaded to offer "philanthropy," or "social service" to the unfortunate almost as much as she would have dreaded to receive such things.
From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein
