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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a dread of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a feeling of intense fear or anxiety about something. For example, "The boy had a dread of the dark and often refused to sleep in his own bedroom."
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Thais feel a dread of it.
He has a dread of breaking even.
"It's a dread of some unidentifiable nemesis".
I had a dread of its being over.
He had a dread of her as she lay there.
I've got a dread of modern stained glass.
I've had a dread of platform appearances ever since.
These films consistently evoke a dread of water.
He does beauty, and a dread of the unbeautiful sustains his film.
Who said that? "I am oppressed with a dread of living for ever.
AROUND one in ten Americans is a trypanophobe, stricken with a dread of needles.
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