How to Use nightmare in a Sentence

nightmare

noun
  • The party was a complete nightmare.
  • Mommy, I had a really scary nightmare.
  • Is this where the nightmare ends?
    — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
  • This is like a dream/nightmare.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Then again, that might be a nightmare.
    — Maria Bamford, Vulture, 22 May 2026
  • That sounds more like a nightmare, right?
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
  • That sounds more like a nightmare, right?
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Maybe that’ll end this nightmare.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Sure, that project went out on time, but the process was a nightmare.
    — Rachel Lobdell, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Michael Trigg a matchup nightmare?
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
  • So, it's just been kind of a nightmare already.
    — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • But the, the two guys who have caused this nightmare are coming.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Now, the nightmares come to Switch 2.
    — PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Throwing up post-op is a nightmare.
    — Michele Promaulayko, Allure, 17 June 2026
  • Right now this nightmare may be only a movie, but who knows?
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Shot-making from any place else on the floor has been a nightmare.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Words can’t describe the painful nightmare of this last year.
    — Notan Eva Costa, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The dream might have became a nightmare.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The scenes are the stuff of nightmares, and even villainy.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Having those spools loose in your pack, though, is a nightmare.
    — Francesca Krempa, Outside, 23 Dec. 2025
  • That dream's not, and never has been, a nightmare.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • There are nightmares about a childhood tragedy.
    — ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Driving would have been a nightmare.
    — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • The dream turned into a nightmare.
    — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Bridges had nightmares about that coffin.
    — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • Plus, out-of-square corners and bulging, wavy walls can be a nightmare for a novice.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Hearing someone be bad at the flute is a nightmare.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • Chisholm had been having a nightmare start to the season at the plate.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • Who knows when our own long national nightmare will end.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Smith knows the nightmare firsthand.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 7 June 2026

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