worst nightmare
noun
: the thing someone fears most
Losing a child is every parent's worst nightmare.
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While Niall’s peers are unfazed by the transfer of a boy from Polmont Young Offenders Institute, this is Niall’s worst nightmare. —
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026 To close on Pizza Movie, if your worst nightmare was to chase after you with a chainsaw, what would it be visually represented as? —Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026 Sadie Robertson experienced every parent's worst nightmare when her 8-month-old daughter, Kit, stopped breathing after choking on a snack. —Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026 Her father, Rossel Reyes Martinez, said their daughter's death was the realization of a parent's worst nightmare. —ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for worst nightmare
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026 To close on Pizza Movie, if your worst nightmare was to chase after you with a chainsaw, what would it be visually represented as? —Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026 Sadie Robertson experienced every parent's worst nightmare when her 8-month-old daughter, Kit, stopped breathing after choking on a snack. —Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026 Her father, Rossel Reyes Martinez, said their daughter's death was the realization of a parent's worst nightmare. —ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for worst nightmare
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