mounting dread
Frequency: 6.57.3 per million words
a rapidly increasing feeling of fear
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Examples (20)
- As the strange noises grew louder, she felt a mounting dread.
- The mounting dread in her heart grew with each passing moment.
- With every unanswered call, his mounting dread became almost unbearable.
- A sense of mounting dread filled the room as the storm approached.
- The community watched with mounting dread as the wildfire approached their town.
- He felt a mounting dread as the deadline drew nearer.
- He described the mounting dread he experienced before every exam.
- The news report only added to the mounting dread among the citizens.
- A sense of mounting dread filled the silent control room as the signal was lost.
- Despite his efforts, the mounting dread of failure was hard to shake off.
- Looking back, I recognize the mounting dread I felt in the days leading up to the announcement.
- She couldn't ignore the mounting dread that accompanied the eerie silence.
- The character's journey into the abandoned mansion was filled with suspense and mounting dread.
- The detective sensed a mounting dread from the victim's family.
- Despite his confident words, the mounting dread was evident in his eyes.
- There was a mounting dread that the worst might happen.
- The silence from the rescue team only added to the family's mounting dread.
- A wave of mounting dread washed over him as he opened the letter.
- As the deadline neared, a mounting dread settled over the unprepared student.
- The children huddled together, overwhelmed by a mounting dread.