Verb (used with object) : to dread death. ,I dread going to big parties. From Dictionary.com.
They believed the dreads were their body's antennae to the energy in the universe. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Crafty Chica] Reference
Mistrust of Gedwyn and Rochaid was simple sense, but was he coming down with what Nynaeve had called the dreads?. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of Daggers]
Mr. Harper, who "dreads" turning on pop radio, mentioned that he didn't want his music to be "geography specific.". From Wordnik.com. [Ben Harper, The Surfers' Choice] Reference
YSU president: Student death at Ohio frat house what every college administrator 'dreads'. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Nor dreads that time her cherish'd pride may quell. From Wordnik.com. [The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale] Reference
Burnt child dreads fire -- did knowst 'twas fire? '. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
Gorbachev has said that he dreads the consequences. From Wordnik.com. [Why He's Failing] Reference
Or maybe she is shy and dreads the notoriety of fame. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
However, two things he dreads more than anything else. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
She dreads the future, she weeps, and she droops her head. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Performance reviews are the HR ritual that everyone dreads. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Goleman: Performance Reviews: It's Not Only What You Say, But How You Say It] Reference
She well knows that a duel is in the wind, and dreads it, for. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
Of all criticisms, the one he most dreads is, "I told you so.". From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
But now the single mom dreads sweating it out behind the wheel. From Wordnik.com. [The Long & Winding Road] Reference
This means she'll be looking for a job soon, a thing she dreads. From Wordnik.com. [End of the Century] Reference
The CFO dreads having to sit down with environmental campaigners. From Wordnik.com. [Aron Cramer: Summer Reading and Climate Change: A Tale of Two Novels] Reference
This first breeching is an event that papa desires and mamma dreads. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She would like to say "my parents," but dreads Giddy's cynical smile. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
He could play basketball with that chap on the telly with the dreads. From Wordnik.com. [Chelsea 1-3 Manchester United – as it happened] Reference
And she dreads having an increased workload at the clinic if Carricaburu leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Renewed effort to lure doctors to rural areas faces obstacles] Reference
It's the moment any boomer dreads: the arrival of the AARP membership invitation. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: Move Over, Gray Panthers] Reference
His hair hangs in mushroom-colored dreads and his clothes hang loose and rumpled. From Wordnik.com. [Snake Dreams] Reference
I am a person who dreads any kind of public exposure and any kind of public event. From Wordnik.com. [‘I’m Nobody or I’m a Nation’] Reference
He rose from the chair he sat on in the farthest corner with his dreads and faltered over. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Everyone in this debate dreads telling constituents of the urgent need to control spending. From Wordnik.com. [Rethinking Health Care] Reference
Half of his long dreads are dyed flaming red, and all are bundled into a knot atop his head. From Wordnik.com. [Fights, teens among challenges as D.C.'s Gallery Place entertainment area matures] Reference
The suspicion of such a fear strongly tends to bring about the very weakness which he dreads. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
Dole dreads a rerun by Perot, who plans to get his party on the ballot in all 50 states for the fall. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting The Angry Voter] Reference
"If that was amazing," one critic wrote, "one dreads to think what one ordinary night would be like.". From Wordnik.com. [Why The Dome Was A Dud] Reference
After they cut their dreads out, Bronwyn looked so cute; her hair grew out in a sweet little pixie. From Wordnik.com. [Alt Break] Reference
One Wednesday evening, nearly three years ago, Sue Wassef had the sort of phone call every parent dreads. From Wordnik.com. [Sue Wassef: My son is in an Egyptian jail for drug crimes he didn't commit] Reference
He is fearful of being sheriff of the shire by instinct, and dreads the assize-week as much as the prisoner. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
Fortunately, she was not of that shrinking nature which dreads contact with persons less refined than itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
The icing on the cake was the two dreads he had formed in circles on top of his head like Minnie Mouse's ears. From Wordnik.com. [Outer Space Visitor] Reference
Bears and panthers are found in some secluded localities, and the farmer still dreads the latter for his sheep. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
He felt with nervous inquiry at his ragged chin, inspired for a second by old dreads of untidy morning parades. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
The plain girl dreads the comparisons which will be made, and shrinks from the social failure which she foresees. From Wordnik.com. [Girls and Women] Reference
What we can glean from her audition videos: Where there's white lady dreads, there's a rainbow rastafarian print. From Wordnik.com. [Una LaMarche: Meet The Project Runway Season 8 Contestants] Reference
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