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.