dread

01. He always [dreaded] the end of the year when they had their final exams.

02. The old woman was filled with [dread] when she found the body of her husband lying on the kitchen floor.

03. She was [dreading] meeting her old boyfriend at the party.

04. Tara has a [dreadful] cold, and can't come to the meeting.

05. The wedding was [dreadfully] long and boring.

06. Rita looked [dreadful] after having to sleep in the car all night.

07. We feel [dreadful] about losing your new camera.

08. I'm a [dreadful] golfer, but people like to play with me because I make them look so good.

09. She was [dreading] going back to work after the holidays.

10. I really [dread] speaking in public. I get so nervous that I feel like throwing up.

11. George Bernard Shaw once said that liberty means responsibility. That is why most men [dread] it.

12. Jules Renard once observed that the danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's [dreadful] injustice.

13. Charlie Brown once said, "I've developed a new philosophy; I only [dread] one day at a time."

14. Nancy Astor once stated, "I used to [dread] getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older, I find that I don't want to do them."

15. A Filipino proverb tells us that a brave man will face a situation, no matter how [dreadful].

16. An old English proverb notes that a burnt child [dreads] the fire.

17. James Russell Lowell once declared, "Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of one thing - that you are [dreadfully] like other people."