bad dream

noun

: a dream that is scary or upsetting : nightmare
Scary movies always give me bad dreams.

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The apocalyptic scenes of 2020 and 2021 receded like a bad dream; any worries about fire were a problem of the past, or the future. Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 27 July 2024 Sonia was to create a positive ending for a bad dream and practice it daily. Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024 The novel begins in 1864 with a young man named Bird waking up from a bad dream to the sound of cannon fire and gunshots: Hundreds of U.S. Army cavalrymen are descending on his Cheyenne and Arapaho camp in what will eventually be known as the Sand Creek Massacre. Emma Alpern, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024 What would have been a bad dream for many was a massive win for the Florida wildlife experts who discovered a 7-foot-wide, 500-lb. pile of invasive Burmese pythons. Chris Barilla, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024 Sometimes, being the only student in a school feels like a bad dream, a nightmare even. Vulture, 15 Nov. 2023 With political pressures increasing, brand boycotts multiplying, and the 2024 campaign bearing down on the board room like a bad dream, what are sensible CEOs from left, right, and center to do? Depolarize, comes the answer from a growing cast of civic entrepreneurs stirred to action. Tucker Eskew, Fortune, 19 July 2023 Gordon’s movies were as stone-faced and indelible as a bad dream. Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2023

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“Bad dream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20dream. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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