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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a real nightmare" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or experience that is extremely unpleasant or distressing.
Example: "The traffic jam on my way to the airport was a real nightmare, causing me to miss my flight."
Alternatives: "a complete disaster" or "a total mess".
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"It's a real nightmare.
Cultural hegemony is a real nightmare.
"It will become a real nightmare".
"It has been a real nightmare".
A real nightmare – it's like falling at Becher's Brook".
"It has been a real nightmare," he said.
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With Thailand and all of its sex tourism industry now under military rule, that fear has now manifest within a friendly state into a very real nightmare.
"It's almost like a comic nightmare," he said recently of his new film, "Hot Tub Time Machine," "which for me is a very real nightmare.
The King's Speech is a diaphanous fairytale about a very real prince who must break free of his rigid, stifling, muzzling fairytale world in order to help rescue his country from a very real nightmare.
It's easy to avoid racism, poverty and systemic oppression when all your characters are white, representing the unattainable American dream that has actually been a very real nightmare all along.
The ACLU has a website called Real Nightmare that tracks the progress of the legislation (and opposes it).
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