How to Use worst nightmare in a Sentence

worst nightmare

noun
  • This might be our worst nightmare.
    — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The thought of losing our hair—through chemo, the menopause, stress—is our worst nightmare.
    — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Minus bleeding out from a throat wound, this is her worst nightmare.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
  • That would be her worst nightmare, if anything happened to him.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 3 Apr. 2026
  • What's a father's worst nightmare?
    — Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Like the inside of a Brandy Melville is my worst nightmare.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • An encounter with a skunk is every pet owner's worst nightmare.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026
  • Penalty kicks are either a goalie’s worst nightmare or fondest dream.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Katie Stern has lived through every parent’s worst nightmare.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • The movie opens with a gruesome scene, every parent's worst nightmare.
    — Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
  • This is every parent's worst nightmare.
    — ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • This is every parent’s worst nightmare.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
  • For someone with arachnophobia, this sounds like a worst nightmare.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Your worst nightmare has emerged along the Texas coast — that's how experts have described it, at least.
    — Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024
  • What started as the house of their dreams suddenly becomes their worst nightmare.
    — Sharon Virts, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024
  • This fate is Simone's worst nightmare, in part due to the trauma of her childhood years.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 May 2025
  • Mike Minogue is Maura Healey’s worst nightmare.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Old-time lawn sprinkler heads spew water everywhere, and lawn is a drought’s worst nightmare.
    — Dan Vierria, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Seafarers’ worst nightmare is back for more bloodshed.
    — William Earl, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
  • And Gary Bettman and NBC’s worst nightmare.
    — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
  • At first, the couple was hopeful their unborn baby would be okay, but then their worst nightmare came true.
    — Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But even that would not have been humanity’s worst nightmare scenario.
    — Govert Schilling, Scientific American, 27 June 2026
  • That is, indeed, every parent’s worst nightmare, and as the father of a son, this may be tough to watch.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Blowing up in electronic music as a woman, can be your best and worst nightmare all at once.
    — Kelly Washington, Refinery29, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Closure is overrated when the result is your worst nightmare.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
  • Most of it was your elementary school teacher’s worst nightmare − in one ear and out the other.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
  • And so begins every parent’s worst nightmare.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
  • And so begins every parent’s worst nightmare.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 20 May 2026
  • The past few days have been a fan's delight and a coach's worst nightmare to make sure her players didn't get caught up in the achievement.
    — Pete Iacobelli, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The past few days have been a fan's delight — and a coach's worst nightmare to make sure her players didn't get caught up in the achievement.
    — Pete Iacobelli, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2024

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