How to Use dread in a Sentence

dread

1 of 2 verb

• I dread the thought of moving next week.
• I dread to think about what they might do next.
• He can't swim and dreads going in the water.
• I dread the day I will have to leave my friends.
• She dreaded making speeches in front of large audiences.
• Most job seekers dread that idea.
  — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• No need to keep track of your Allen keys or dread a move.
  — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2026
• While some love to play host, others dread the day and the work that comes with it.
  — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 17 Nov. 2023
• There was a new tone of darkness and dread that overtook all of us.
  — Madison Feller, ELLE, 27 May 2022
• Many parents of these kids come to dread feeding time and sleep time.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 6 July 2021
• No wonder so many people dread it.
  — Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• A week that comes around once a year that players and coaches dread.
  — Tony Jones, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• Faubion said people need not dread their middle and post-menopausal years.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2023
• Their feeling about these Games long ago changed from delight to dread.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2021
• Yet even those who dread remote teaching may accept the need for more of it.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2022
• There is perhaps no chore more dreaded than cleaning your kitchen.
  — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 10 Sep. 2025
• Many people dread the 14th day of the second month of the year.
  — Tyler Renner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
• And then, come Sunday, you’re left dreading the work week ahead.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
• Even after hundreds of flights, there's still a part of me that dreads stepping on a plane.
  — Katie Riley, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
• Even the dogs that dread bath time the most can't complain about this adorable and colorful look.
  — Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 13 May 2022
• Some dread the return of business travel or the end of remote work.
  — New York Times, 8 June 2021
• Dealing with feelings of overwhelm or dread when your kids want to play shouldn’t be a source of shame.
  — Alex Shoemaker, Parents, 12 Jan. 2026
• The needle causes panic, and fear of that panic leads to dread.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021
• Aside from the fateful signs of hair thinning, many people also dread gray hair.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
• Returning home is always weird, whether the trip is dreamed of or dreaded.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• Not everyone is dreading the cold.
  — Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
• For people who dread chores and somehow feel like small tasks add up to something too big, this is for you, too.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2026
• The scene would send chills of dread down anyone's spine -- but at least Werneth was prepared.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 3 July 2022
• And there was dread that the full human cost of nine months of Russian rule would soon become clear.
  — Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2022
• Rather than dreading this disorder, the avant-garde welcomed it.
  — Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025

dread

2 of 2 noun

• She has a dread of failure.
• They live in constant dread of another attack.
• She awaited her punishment with dread.
• No, dread isn’t the right word.
  — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
• Yeah, there’s just a dread, isn’t there?
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
• Of course, the dread is always worse.
  — Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2026
• These days, many of us dread reading the news.
  — Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
• School dread should be filling your gut about now.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
• That jolt of dread before your alarm even goes off.
  — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
• For some, the word induces dread.
  — Anna Furman, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
• In this case, there’s that feeling of dread.
  — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• For some, the mere dread of the season is enough to set it off.
  — Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2025
• Dressing rooms can be a place of dread for many women.
  — Ayesha Javed, Time, 11 Jan. 2026
• Dixon looks ahead with a mix of optimism and dread.
  — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
• Does a vague sense of dread curdle your belly?
  — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
• The thrill and the dread arrived in the same second.
  — Maria Colacurcio, Fortune, 28 June 2026
• The idea of having to double-cleanse fills me with dread.
  — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
• But the prevailing mood on most days was low-key dread.
  — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
• Then came the moment all running backs dread.
  — Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
• There’s a sense of foreboding and dread.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2026
• The thought of going through that again at age 53 filled her with dread.
  — Aidan Gardiner, New York Times, 18 July 2023
• The sources of dread are obvious.
  — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
• The themes Yi deals with could push her work towards dread, fear or alarm.
  — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
• And given what we've been told, we're filled with the same dread as Beau.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 22 Apr. 2023
• And if the idea of going to a bike shop still fills you with dread, then don’t go to a bike shop.
  — Christie Fitzpatrick, Outside Online, 17 Feb. 2023
• That's probably bringing a bit of dread on right then and there.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2022
• Even in these times of dread, we writers must continue to do our work.
  — Sayantani Dasgupta february 24, Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
• Despite the Garros heat dome, cold dread.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Right from the start, the show leans into Rachel's growing sense of dread.
  — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Mar. 2026
• The courtroom doors cracked open, and a Black woman with long dreads walked in.
  — Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026