dread
verb (used with object)
to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of.
is dreading
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present progressiveof dread (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“When you get on a plane, you know you’re that guy that everybody is dreading sitting next to.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
The scene everyone is dreading and/or waiting for doesn’t exist, so what exists in its place?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
As a single parent, he always made it magical for her - but now she is dreading the day.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2023
“Everyone is dreading the power going out,” said Chris Gilbert, an employee at an Ace Hardware store in Germantown, Ohio, south of Dayton, where customers were rushing to buy shovels.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
Everyone here is dreading the great terror known as winter.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
