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Definition of the day : « dreaded »

  • verb anticipate with horror
Example sentences :
  • He was then required to swear by all the gods, and by the dreaded Erinnys, that he had spoken truly.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • He dreaded to break the news to his mother, for he knew that it would distress her.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The words were like the dreaded tap on the shoulder of the hunted criminal.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • In the hall a halt was made and the dreaded good-byes began.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • The blow had fallen, even that which Lecorbeau had most dreaded.
  • Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • Meantime, "the boys" of the dreaded class were studying the new face.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Yet it is not always the burliest and the wildest who are the most to be dreaded.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Why, when Mrs. Baker invited me to dinner on Christmas day, I dreaded the visit.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • A sickening conviction came that it was the dreaded influenza.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • I dreaded the departure of Lady Geraldine less than the return of ennui.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth