How to Use nightmare in a Sentence
nightmare
noun- The party was a complete nightmare.
- Mommy, I had a really scary nightmare.
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Then one day, the nightmare of Auschwitz came to an end.
—Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
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Sure, that project went out on time, but the process was a nightmare.
—Rachel Lobdell, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2022
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The dusty Ohtani trudged to the dugout as if marching through a nightmare.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
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But the, the two guys who have caused this nightmare are coming.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 Mar. 2022
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The Shermans’ children say the years since the killings have been a nightmare.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 17 Dec. 2022
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And the look of the film, a kind of Day-Glo nightmare, is insanely cool.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2024
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Just out of the gate, golden king crabs are a nightmare.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2022
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In turn, such bad buzz became a PR nightmare for the movie.
—Vulture, 26 Apr. 2023
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Words can’t describe the painful nightmare of this last year.
—Notan Eva Costa, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
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The 2016 leaks were not just a PR nightmare for the Clinton campaign.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 14 Aug. 2024
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That debate, of course, was a nightmare for Biden – who pulled out of the race at the end of July.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
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The movie plays off a perfect nightmare for many who have sailed, said Ruz.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
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Plus, out-of-square corners and bulging, wavy walls can be a nightmare for a novice.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Nov. 2022
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The whole chase scene at the end, with all the water effects, would have been a nightmare 20 years ago.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2024
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With a large group of seniors and a new coach in 2023, Tigard could be a nightmare to match up against.
—Shane Hoffmann | , oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023
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The first few minutes of a telephone call are a nightmare.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2022
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The boundaries between the two countries were a nightmare from the get-go.
—David Faris, The Week, 15 Sep. 2022
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This is why joint accounts are a nightmare in the event of a split or divorce.
—Susan Devaney, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2022
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The hours that followed were something out of a nightmare.
—Sasha Hupka, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
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The visceral energy of the anger of this guy in a clown suit is the stuff of nightmares.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
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That whine would be a constant throughout the day, and still haunts my nightmares.
—Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
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His next stop, at Reading on a short-term deal, was a nightmare.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
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What felt at the time like a nightmare is now the cause of a great deal of introspection.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
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When Madison Beer was 12 years old, she was sold a dream that turned out to be a nightmare.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
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Already, their trip to the desert had turned into a nightmare.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Dec. 2022
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And to be in this iconic closet is a nightmare come true.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2024
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Baum introduced his book to young readers as ‘a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out’.
—Hazel Gaynor june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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Now, many years later, he is caught in a legal nightmare which has resulted in detainment by ICE with no release in sight.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
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