How To Use Dreaded In A Sentence

He infected mice and rabbits with Trypanosoma gondii, the parasite responsible for the dreaded sleeping sickness, then injected the animals with chemical derivatives to determine if any of them could halt the infection. The Emperor of All Maladies
The Truth is, I had heard so ill a Character of the Town Amours, as being all Libertinism, and more especially the Inns of Court, that I dreaded to launch on so dangerous a Sea; thinking each The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia
Of course, she stepped on it, it made the dreaded 'crinkly' noise and she jerked-- her head catching in the loop of the bag. Poursuivre - French Word-A-Day
While some looked forward to that first wild week, just as many dreaded it. Times, Sunday Times
For the sizeable minority still remaining, this question is dreaded. Times, Sunday Times

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This marks a sad pass for a brand name that, while dreaded by many parents, spelled excitement to a generation of kids.
polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
The violence of the past-specifically, the dreaded practice of necklacing, which mingled the smell of rubber with the ‘sickly stench of roasting human flesh’ has been eliminated.
he dreaded the storminess of the North Atlantic in winter
Likewise, we've endured the ever-dreaded swimsuit competition and the nerve-racking interview segment, in which at least one contestant routinely flops.
The moment we have dreaded for so long has arrived. Times, Sunday Times
Women still do twice as much housework as men Women do twice as much housework as men, and the bulk of the most dreaded chores. Times, Sunday Times
I filled out the dreaded unemployment benefits application and sent it in.
In ‘The Vulture’ he tells of the dreaded bird building a nest on the highest branch of the tree in front of their house.
He dreaded the prospect of being all alone in that house.
They were followed by the elite regiment of the von Reusch or Black Hussars HR5, decked out in their fearsome all black uniforms and mirliton hats bearing the dreaded death's head on the front of the cap. Archive 2008-01-01
There had suddenly sprung up a "Brickfielder", that dreaded wind, which may be considered one of the worst plagues of Sydney.
With the return of the dreaded S-word juxtaposed with some of the most beautiful sunshine we've seen in months, the Northwest is feeling a bit punchy. Seattlest
The Italian could soon be chomping on a cigar if his players continue to inch farther away from the dreaded play-off positions. Times, Sunday Times
The belief in fairies was universal, and their power was specially dreaded in the case of women in childbed and of unbaptised infants.
Teoh Poh Yew is a dynamic and creative mathematics educator, who firmly believes that everyone can learn and enjoys this "dreaded" subject.
While some looked forward to that first wild week, just as many dreaded it. Times, Sunday Times
Attaching self-esteem so inextricably to this physical ephemeron is just all kinds of cringe-inducing from the long view, as one imagines hard-won confidence melting slowly away as rock hard abs give way to the dreaded "jelly belly" once again. I Want to Wrap My Self-Esteem in a Package of Improbable Preservation! Rah Rah Rah!
Build up world support using Ahmadinejad's oppressive and brutal response to the civilian protestors and dissidents, many of whom are remnants of a tyrant who preceded Ahmadinejad and the Ayatollahs there, the dreaded murderer, the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Ray Hanania: Don't Give Ahmadinejad the Excuses He Wants
All diseases were dreaded, but diphtheria was the worst for it killed quickly and painfully. PAINT THE WIND
He, too, may one day be struck with the dreaded lurgy.
Separating the two conflicting partitions was a thick row of tall buildings and condominiums that ran right down the middle - a minute version of the dreaded Berlin Wall in the smallest of senses.
This sense of statelessness terrified him and he dreaded what might happen if the Indonesian or Malaysian police nabbed him.
I dreaded to think how much of their lives depended on the whim of this man. The Crossing-Place
FOREST pulled away from the dreaded drop zone with a win over fellow strugglers Millwall. The Sun
Suddenly, the challenge ahead seemed so much sterner, especially as he prepared himself for the section of the day he had doubtless dreaded. Times, Sunday Times
Even chinch bugs, which can quickly destroy a fine lawn, will not eat grass that's infected with the dreaded endophytic fungus.
And no need for you to worry about me catching the dreaded hickey virus. CORMORANT
I even had to clean behind the dreaded tank-and if you were a spider with big drippy fangs and fuzzy legs, where do you think you would hide?
The Italian could soon be chomping on a cigar if his players continue to inch farther away from the dreaded play-off positions. Times, Sunday Times
The Cape is also infested by scorpions, whose sting is little less virulent than a snake-bite; and by the spider called the tarantula, which is extremely dreaded. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 Volume 17, New Series, May 8, 1852
Monica must have dreaded her son would be an absent guest at her 80th celebrations.
It is also, no doubt, the dreaded species which Sallust describes as infesting the region of Gafsa. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia
The fourth day out, I think (we were then working down the east side of the Gulf of Siam, tack for tack, in light winds and smooth water) -- the fourth day, I say, of this miserable juggling with the unavoidable, as we sat at our evening meal, that man, whose slightest movement I dreaded, after putting down the dishes ran up on deck busily. The Secret Sharer
The Italian could soon be chomping on a cigar if his players continue to inch farther away from the dreaded play-off positions. Times, Sunday Times
Drivers also avoided the dreaded gridlock by leaving home earlier than normal. Times, Sunday Times
Bullwhackers and mule skinners hated camels and dreaded meeting them on the trail.
Young people got killed, and their parents at home received the dreaded telegram. Times, Sunday Times
As many workers know, the dreaded all-nighters can create havoc with family life, and anything that offers a chance to avoid camping out in the office is to be welcomed.
Are we facing the dreaded double dip? Times, Sunday Times
The aim is to keep them chewy (though not inedibly so) and avoid the dreaded clumping. Times, Sunday Times
Suddenly, the challenge ahead seemed so much sterner, especially as he prepared himself for the section of the day he had doubtless dreaded. Times, Sunday Times
One is the dreaded issue of periodization. The Times Literary Supplement
Practically the only topic of conversation is the dreaded eviction and crowd reception.
You can hardly avoid the dreaded word anymore if you venture into the fixed-income realm.
They may not face the dreaded inner-city bureau queue but the less frequent presentation of serious enquiries makes training slower.
As mentioned earlier, the only childhood task I dreaded more than fetching things was hauling combustibles, like paper, down to the shacks by the creek.
In a matter of days, if not hours, the little indentation in the middle of my belly is going to erupt in a volcanic burst of nubbly flesh, and all at once I will be sporting the dreaded pregnant belly button.
Between these two lofty and dreaded mountains, there is a deep valley, or rather a succession of deep valleys, for the occurrence at short spaces of low hills breaks the continuousness of that with which the space between those mountains commences. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)
He was already dreaded for his prowess in argument, his dictatorial manners and vivid flashes of wit and humour, the more effective from the habitual gloom and apparent heaviness of the discourser. Samuel Johnson
There came a Saturday when Jimmy, jobless and fundless, dreaded his return to the Indiana Avenue rooming-house, where he knew the landlady would be eagerly awaiting him, for he was a week in arrears in his room rent already, and had been warned he could expect no further credit. The Efficiency Expert
Since I had returned to Buckkeep, I had marvelled that he could integrate it all, and dreaded the coming of a day when he could not. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
Last night when the vertigo-induced nausea was making it hard to sleep, the brain obliged by writing a big chunk of [cue ominous pipe organ music here] the dreaded synopsis. Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway
I even had to clean behind the dreaded tank-and if you were a spider with big drippy fangs and fuzzy legs, where do you think you would hide?
Let it be hoped that we can refrain from relapsing into the bad old habits once the dreaded epidemic is over, so a new Shanghai with a new outlook will emerge in the long run.
It is hard to know where to go after the manager has received the dreaded vote of confidence. Times, Sunday Times
This is the type of flood dreaded by cavers.
We felt rather daring, braving the possibility of confronting the dreaded predators in order to be toppled by a few lazy waves.
The dreaded cut is feared and widely misunderstood.
Over the next few days William dreaded every knock at the door fearing that it may be the police, that they had been recognised.
As long as Emmeline had been unbespoken in the marriage market there had always been the haunting likelihood of seeing the dreaded announcement, "a marriage has been arranged and will shortly take place," in connection with her name. The Unbearable Bassington
Only few lucky people get signs of this dreaded disease.
Miss Willerton, in fact, bears more than a passing resemblance to the dreaded penwomen O'Connor would write so disparagingly about in later years.
This lack of self (not one illustration is of the author) does have the advantage of lending credibility; and with no heroics or intrusive personal antics, and certainly none of the backpackers 'dreaded "inner journey", Jacobs's unmannered style and easy erudition is a delight. Andes by Michael Jacobs
If I lose, I have to run a gasser, which is a dreaded timed run the players have to perform once or twice a week. Undefined
Except for a few dressy occasions, my neckties are now consigned to the closet until that dreaded day in the fall when I have to tighten the noose once again.
Yes my friends, Plaid is outwardly a mainstream political party, but behind the smokescreen of respectability we are a fascist organization bent on conquering England (and indeed Europe; not sure about Essex though) with the goal of ridding the earth of Jews and Slavs in order to make room for the glorious master race: the dreaded crachach (Don Touhig was right). Archive 2009-09-01
His miserable weekend was capped off by a dreaded shank on the 17th.
Venturing deep below the ice, the explorers soon realise to their horror that the subterranean structure is in fact a sacrificial chamber, home to the dreaded aliens.
And Magnus's dreaded plunge, the final commitment of marriage, she did not fear, but longed for.
His fight continues, even when the dreaded disease racks him.
The people I did get on with have all phoned to say bye, including my one senior ally who thought I should never have been made to do those dreaded phone calls.
The dreaded term "folktronica" seems inadequate for James Yuill, because his second album does so much more than put beeps and clicks on top of the work of a singer-songwriter: Movement in a Storm is modern pop album that happens to have been made by someone who can also write and play folk music. James Yuill: Movement in a Storm
Again, the dreaded "North Caucasian *ƛ̣_VẋwV ( ˜ Ł_-)" contains only two wildcards (the two instances of V) and uncertainty about whether the initial consonant was ejective or voiced (in other words, it was not aspirated; unlike American ones, Caucasian ejectives are lenes, not fortes, so I'm not terribly surprised it's not always possible to tell if such a lenis was voiced or ejective). How NOT to reconstruct a protolanguage
One in nine love missives received on Valentine's Day were sent by people to themselves"to save face on the dreaded V-day, "according to a survey released by online retailer amazon.co.uk.
At Shendy, on the contrary, they are greatly dreaded; the Arabs and the slaves and females, who repair to the shore of the river near the town every morning and evening to wash their linen, and fill their water-skins for the supply of the town, are obliged to be continually on the alert, and such as bathe take care not to proceed to any great distance into the river. Travels in Nubia
True democracy is dreaded by partisans of the old left and right alike.
Even for the little wrigglers we can see on specially stained microscope slides, such as the dreaded syphilitic spirochete, there is no Date of Receipt that comes with the dose.
But what of the dreaded turbo lag? Times, Sunday Times
The major banks in America are insolvent andeconomic chaos lies ahead from whichcould well emerge ~ the dreaded New World Order: Allen L Roland Absent in Geithner's Bank PLan / Truth and Transparency
Homer, dreaded nothing more than water or drowning; probably upon the old opinion of the fiery substance of the soul, only extinguishable by that element; and therefore the poet emphatically implieth+ the total destruction in this kind of death, which happened to Ajax Oileus. Hydriotaphia, or Urn-burial
Esau's foolish marriage -- foolish, some think, in marrying two wives together, for which perhaps he is called a fornicator (Heb.xii. 16), or rather in marrying Canaanites, who were strangers to the blessing of Abraham, and subject to the curse of Noah, for which he is called profane; for hereby he intimated that he neither desired the blessing nor dreaded the curse of God. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy)
Last month Michael Taylor and his family walked away from their two-story brick home off Columbia Street in Riverside rather than face the frustration and humiliation that comes with what they call the dreaded 'f' word; foreclosure. Undefined
Of course, she stepped on it, it made the dreaded 'crinkly' noise and she jerked -- her head catching in the loop of the bag. Poursuivre - French Word-A-Day
In a surprise development, reigning Leinster and All Ireland champions Louth took the dreaded drop.
I dreaded seeing his smirking face again. The Sun
The allergy to negative feedback sets up the dreaded condition known as groupthink: Debate is not tolerated; bad decisions go unquestioned; and when it all falls apart, no one can figure out why.
Even for the little wrigglers we can see on specially stained microscope slides, such as the dreaded syphilitic spirochete, there is no Date of Receipt that comes with the dose.
It is better to adopt different timings with a reasonable interval for offices and schools to avoid the dreaded peak hour rush.
I didn't want to go back to this dreaded school where I felt like I was in a cage and being prodded at with a hot iron stick.
Although this would never happen in a tournament it happens when again those dreaded friendlies are taking place.
Thus, my amorous advances are met with one of those dreaded five phrases.
For all these years we had this huge military alliance designed to thwart the dreaded Commies.
Even if the man escapes a dreaded sexual disease, there is still the question of character and behavior.
I dreaded telling Julio because it would just confirm that, yeah, I really was the fuckup he always thought I was; a kid having a kid, with no money, no job, nothing. Fallin’ Up
Most likely, firedamp had accumulated in a sealed-off area of exhausted workings, then an old wall had cracked and was rapidly leaking the dreaded gas into the occupied tunnels. A Place Called Freedom
Neither New Zealand nor Great Britain managed to pre-qualify for next year's Olympic Games and will have to travel to Madrid in March to take part in the dreaded Qualifier.
Others will develop the dreaded open bite, overbite, or posterior crossbite*. Pacifiers
_culvertage_, [82] (a name of all things dreaded by both nations,) to attend in this expedition; and such force had this threat, and the hope of plunder in England, that a very great army was in a short time assembled. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12)
Its influence was always dreaded in mundane astrology, being unfavourable to the farmer's work.
And all three clubs have since suffered the dreaded drop. The Sun
The theory advanced by those who claim themselves to be immunes from that dreaded disease of Negrophobia is, that the industrial education of the Negro will inevitably inspire a similar movement for the industrial training of the poor whites, and the resultant competition means a further complication of the race problem, which will only be solved by the ultimate separation of the races. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro
College criteria are strictly academic (culminating in the dreaded goa kao, the nationally-standardized entrance exam). Tom Doctoroff: Chinese Digital Lives: A Parallel Universe of Ambitious Release
Riders get a rest day on Monday before the two other Alpine stages, an individual time trial in Annecy on Thursday, and a ride up the dreaded Mont Ventoux on Saturday. Contador climbs to lead of Tour de France with Stage 15 win
These two take it upon themselves to deliver the dreaded yellow telegrams to the newly-widowed women living around them.
Not the dreaded Pamprin insult of 1975!! the gloves are off now, huh? Think Progress » Will Sarah Palin call on Rush Limbaugh to apologize for saying liberal activists are ‘retards’?
This was the ladette generation who dreaded men thinking them po-faced. Times, Sunday Times
I hated tanking in the clag and I dreaded the vertigo. A Nightmare’s Prayer
Her glance matched mine with apprehension, I dreaded what would come from her lips.
Or would it be the dreaded gastrotomy — a surgical procedure to cut open her stomach and fish out the clumpy, non-digestible stuff? Vet's view: Gross-out humor comes up now and then
Kenneth strolled about the town for awhile before returning to the tavern to shave, change his boots, and "smarten" himself up a bit in preparation for the ceremonious call he had dreaded to make. Viola Gwyn
And there are real fears this could develop into a dreaded flesh-eating virus. The Sun
I discovered we have the dreaded Fallopia japonica aka Japanese knotweed, aargh, so that was A Bad Thing; but also found a small and runty Kerria japonica aka batchelors’ buttons or Abraham’s buttonhole, a funny straggly flowering shrub that I happen to be very fond of and intend to nurture, and some self-sown calendulas, which were A Good Thing. Reflective on Tuesday
WE were told this week that the dreaded winter norovirus could be spread by people flushing the loo without putting the seat down first. The Sun
Perhaps this is why fear is so dreaded. EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings
So little of the fop; yet so elegant and rich in his dress: his person so specious: his air so intrepid: so much meaning and penetration in his face: so much gaiety, yet so little affectation; no mere toupet-man; but all manly; and his courage and wit, the one so known, the other so dreaded, you must think the petits-maîtres Clarissa Harlowe
They appeared on the dreaded bed of spinach, which is always ghastly.
Yet there is a certain justice in the inference that women are often most severely condemned by those who are no better than themselves; and this insincerity of uncharity is far more to be dreaded than the over-zeal of virtuous hearts, which oftenest helps and heals where it has been obliged to wound. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861
Mary was a religious zealot, whose bloody reign confirmed the worst fears of those who dreaded female rule.
I've got my dreaded cousin coming to stay!
She couldn't put off the dreaded moment forever.
In a practical sense, this is essentially the return of the dreaded "general warrant" of King George's times, a tyrranical practice that the 4th Amendment was specifically written to protect us against - hence insistence of probable cause affirmation in front of an independent judge with a warrant containing list of items to be seized. Poll: National Race Tightens; Majority Says Obama Flip-Flopped On Key Issues
Some girls' mothers took them to their salon, others were subjected to the dreaded home perm.
No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.
(_Cyclura lophoma_), with it dorsal crest like the teeth of a saw running down all its back, might be seen lying out on the branches of the trees, or playing bo-peep from a hole in the trunk; or, in the swamps and morasses of Westmoreland, the yellow galliwasp (_Celestus occiduus_), so much dreaded and abhorred, yet without reason, might be observed sitting idly in the mouth of its burrow, or feeding on the wild fruits and marshy plants that constitute its food. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852
The "katipo," found in sedges on the beach of New Zealand, is dreaded by the Maoris, who traditionally refuse to sleep nearer than half a stone's throw from the water, that being the extent of range of the spider. The Poison Bugaboo
Russian Bastille on Lake Ladoga, which is the most dreaded prison of all. From Paris to New York by Land
I'm pretty sick of people trying so hard to avoid the dreaded 'tourist' label that they make themselves uncomfortable, dehydrated or even just plain inconvenienced. But I don't want to dress like a gringo
I'm sure that this is closely related to my anally retentive attitude towards employing proper grammar and complete English words, without ever resorting to the dreaded ‘text speak’.
On the one hand, environmentalists champion the city: The more densely people are packed into urban areas, the less land will be gobbled up by the dreaded suburbs and the fewer fossil fuels will be used to commute from burb to urb. Putting the Park in Park Avenue
Despite the unsociable behaviour of some, which was particularly off-putting to visitors to the Halloween Fair this often ‘dreaded’ time of the year passed off reasonably well.
It may be remarked in passing that its discovery had another incidental practical lesson of enormous value, and that was that it paved the way for the identification of a whole class of animal parasites causing infectious diseases, which already includes the organisms of Texas fever in cattle, dourine in horses, the _tsetse_ fly disease, the dreaded sleeping sickness, and finally such world-renowned plagues as syphilis and perhaps smallpox. Preventable Diseases
When welding the tool steel which firearms are made, the metal has to be protected from excessive heat, or hard spots will develop showing up as the dreaded plum-color when blued.
Some are flights of architectural fantasy providing unimaginable luxury for as little as six guests, others are huge hotel style abominations that disgorge legions of the dreaded zebra-striped minibuses.
The drum solo is one of the more dreaded conventions in rock but he made it a delight. Michael Giltz: Music: Richard Thompson at Town Hall
When the heat is not oppressive, winds blow sand and dust in from the Sahara, blocking out the sun and carrying dreaded diseases, or rain squalls flood the city's open sewers.
Control broadleaf weeds such as the dreaded dandelion in early fall when they germinate.
This applies to war, peace and the dreaded lurgi swine flu, SARS, West Nile Virus etc etc. TUESDAY OPEN THREAD
Bold in his strategic conceptions, McClellan nevertheless dreaded the actual execution of his plans.
I never did like those hardcover textbooks, and I always dreaded taking home one of them.
She promises it will help banish that dreaded jelly belly and help you tone up your tum. The Sun
Some of New York City's most iconic buildings have faced attacks by the dreaded cimex lectularius, commonly known as the bedbug and more threatening, in its insidious way, than King Kong. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Wailing her woe, the widow {41a} old, her hair upbound, for Beowulf's death sung in her sorrow, and said full oft she dreaded the doleful days to come, deaths enow, and doom of battle, and shame. Beowulf
Inarticulate and rather shy, he had always dreaded speaking in public.
He was nervous and cocky at our briefing, the dashing leader of a combat mission to the dreaded Ia Drang.
The ceremony also includes the dreaded Golden Bull booby prizes for the year's most baffling gobbledygook.
It's the dreaded Highgollacum fantod from the forest. Rolling Stones
But as the dreaded hour of separation drew near opposition in the country became intense. The Search for Justice - a history of Britain and the British people Volume III
Italians reluctant converts to the opinion of the Englishman, that the lugger was the dreaded and obnoxious Feu-Follet. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet
I live in dreaded Michoacán, in the heart of the big city. Page 2
Hablet had plenty of other daughters who were much more amenable than the dreaded Adrina. TREASON KEEP
And as he pointed out himself, probably not a wise move to expose yerself to the dreaded lurgy a few days before the Helsinki holiday. Archive 2010-06-01
The dreaded and cunning "jellies" are probably even now holding underwater convocations with plans to invade the North Shore of Boston. Dana Kennedy: The Big Sting: Tales from the Jellyfish Front in the Mediterranean
They were Elephant Feet, the most dreaded, the most awful things in the world.
Suddenly, the challenge ahead seemed so much sterner, especially as he prepared himself for the section of the day he had doubtless dreaded. Times, Sunday Times
The official season of the dreaded stinging jellyfish has begun.
It was arrayed in a kind of woollen night-dress, and a white handkerchief or cloth was bound tightly about the head; I had no difficulty, spite of the strangeness of the attire, in recognising the blind woman whom I so much dreaded. The Purcell Papers
Ahead, I could just make out the maw of the next dreaded tunnel.
They were suffering through the dreaded opening-act curse, but eventually redeemed themselves with their mascara-running blend of glam, garage and punk.
He was nervous and cocky at our briefing, the dashing leader of a combat mission to the dreaded Ia Drang.
Rosalind unhappily appeared for the dreaded occasion clad in her finest queenly garments, a gown of rich ivory edged with gold brocade and pearls.
I dreaded to be found eating, alone in that vast room, by the first downcomer. Seven Men
She's a victim of the dreaded hay fever.
And, of course, the antithesis is the dreaded bumper-to-bumper traffic jam, where we feel so out of control. Sunday Scribblings-Driving My Life
Good luck with the new clubhouse and the dreaded lurgy. Cheeseburger Gothic » Okay, lets get this show on the road.
He was Prince John, the youngest son of George V, born in 1905 and afflicted with the dreaded malady of kings - epilepsy.
Likewise, we've endured the ever-dreaded swimsuit competition and the nerve-racking interview segment, in which at least one contestant routinely flops.
– And indeed it was on these occasions that Mrs Rayland seemed to take peculiar pleasure in mortifying Mrs Somerive and her daughters; who dreaded these dinner days as those of the greatest penance; and who at Christmas, one of the periods of these formal dinners, have blest more than once the propitious snow; through which that important and magisterial personage, the body coachman of Mrs Rayland, did not choose to venture himself, or the six sleek animals of which he was sole governor; for on these occasions it was the established rule to send for the family, with the same solemnity and the same parade that had been used ever since the first sullen and reluctant reconciliation between Sir Hildebrand and his sister; when she dared to deviate from the fastidious arrogance of her family, and to marry a man who farmed his own estate – and who, though long settled as a very respectable land-owner, had not yet written Armiger after his name. The Old Manor House
From the fearful rictus his mouth forms, I know I've spoken the nameless question he has dreaded.
Drivers also avoided the dreaded gridlock by leaving home earlier than normal. Times, Sunday Times
It was back in the tenth century, when the mighty fair-haired warriors of Norway and Sweden and Denmark, whom the people of Southern Europe called the Northmen, were becoming known and dreaded throughout the world. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky
The dreaded little sister whine had crept into her voice.
The dreaded sea monster has been eating fisherman.
Those risk-takers who attempt this method bear the ignominy of the dreaded spot if they fail.
If it's yellow, then it may have the dreaded disease. Times, Sunday Times
Of course there was the dreaded train ride back despite getting a couchette, I was starting to get sick and threw up twice on the ride but I think I covered almost everything. Archive 2009-02-01
Except for a few dressy occasions, my neckties are now consigned to the closet until that dreaded day in the fall when I have to tighten the noose once again.
He dreaded the sessions, although years later he remembered the name of at least one of the most gifted little girls.
I dreaded to think how much of their lives depended on the whim of this man. The Crossing-Place
Leaders of the dreaded thuggee cult were trapped and held captive in tunnels by Major General Sir W.H. Sleeman.
Surely he will find himself once more on the dreaded auction block.
My fellow diners feast on what looks like a random assortment of seasonal vegetables congealed in a murky coconut sauce, or else the dreaded soy burger.
It must have been a case of the dreaded leaping fantods. F&S Picks the 25 Best AR-Style Rifles
In Italy in 1990 Scotland were humbled by Costa Rica in the dreaded group phase of the World Cup.
The last thing you want to do is look like the dreaded mutton dressed as lamb. The Sun
There are already countless messages posted on the site revealing how to hold the dreaded pangs of hunger at bay.
He said the dreaded Bermuda triangle, an area from the sacrum down the buttocks cheeks, over the anus, is no longer the danger zone it was thought to be in the 1980s.
The first to hear the dreaded elimination bell was 12-year-old Emily Keaton of Pikeville, Ky., who left the "c" out of "sciamachy," a noun that means fighting with a shadow. The Seattle Times
They had established a running diagnosis of Rift Valley fever, dengue or the dreaded Ebola.
Halfway through the meal, he cleared his throat, and I knew that the dreaded news was coming.
Pg. 189, "breaded" presumed to be "dreaded", which makes more sense in context (see the dreaded Being) My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula)
The new look of roots does not resemble the regrowth that we once dreaded and thought of as looking sloppy and unkempt. Louis Licari: Show Your True Color
She dreaded night and the moment when the campcraft was all done and she would have to wrap herself in a blanket and lie in the dark on the cold dirt floor of the ghost cabin to wait for morning. Cold Mountain
She always dreaded the coming of evening, but even more so immediately after one of her unrecalled night ventures.
That they were defending their homeland from the dreaded Yankee invaders, who were coming to take over the southland. Framed Wars | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles

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