creeping dread
Frequency: 6.03.5 per million words
describes a feeling of fear that grows slowly and steadily
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Examples (20)
- As she walked down the dark corridor, she felt a creeping dread with every step.
- A sense of creeping dread filled him as he walked down the long, dark corridor.
- A creeping dread settled over him as he realized he'd missed the deadline.
- As she listened to the news report, a creeping dread began to take hold.
- The eerie silence of the abandoned town was filled with a sense of creeping dread.
- He couldn't shake the feeling of creeping dread that something terrible was about to happen.
- While waiting for the doctor's call, a creeping dread began to tighten its grip on her.
- The silence in the abandoned house was thick with a palpable, creeping dread.
- The novel masterfully builds a feeling of creeping dread leading up to the final reveal.
- Waiting for the doctor's results, I was overcome by a creeping dread.
- He ignored the creeping dread in his heart and opened the mysterious door.
- There is a creeping dread among scientists about the long-term effects of climate change.
- What began as mild unease slowly transformed into a creeping dread.
- A creeping dread washed over the crowd as the lights suddenly went out.
- We must face the creeping dread of environmental change before it's too late.
- Creeping dread was his constant companion in the days leading up to the trial.
- I couldn't shake the creeping dread that something was terribly wrong at home.
- With each tick of the clock, the creeping dread inside her grew stronger.
- With each strange sound from the attic, his creeping dread intensified.
- The protagonist is gripped by a creeping dread as he uncovers the conspiracy.