growing dread
Frequency: 6.57.5 per million words
an increasing feeling of fear
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Examples (10)
- I felt a growing dread as the footsteps outside my door grew louder.
- With each unanswered call, her growing dread became almost unbearable.
- He watched the approaching storm with a sense of growing dread.
- A feeling of growing dread settled over the crowd as they waited for the news.
- The character's growing dread is palpable throughout the third chapter.
- As the deadline nears, there's a growing dread among the staff about potential layoffs.
- The patient described a constant, growing dread that something terrible was about to happen.
- The eerie silence from the other side of the radio only intensified their growing dread.
- Despite his calm exterior, a growing dread churned in his stomach.
- The slow, steady drip of bad economic news created a growing dread among investors.