Example Sentences

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Williams, who needs another slam to match Margaret Court’s record of 24 majors, will dread losing to Sharapova, whom she beats for fun.

From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2019

Surround it with lush flora for an intoxicating area guests will dread to leave.

From Southern Living • Sep. 3, 2010

In a class of 30, at least 15 will dread what they call 'essay exams' ...

From Time Magazine Archive

As long as you are alive, Sire, or at least at liberty, she will dread the effects of your hatred and your genius.

From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron

If you are wise, you will dread a prosperity which only loads you with more.

From Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Turpin, Edna Henry Lee