He knew, with sweet anticipation and awful dread, that one day soon they would be ready to share a bed.

But his mind was cold with an awful dread.

The earlier you can see it the better: then the awful dread of the unknown evaporates.

At other times I felt an awful dread, wondering if I had been tricked.

I sit at the table, and read what I wrote last night, and that awful dread begins to creep over me again.

But she felt only a cold, awful dread.

An awful dread had begun to churn her insides.

Characters reveal their secrets in rich local accents, looking over their shoulders with an awful dread.

Reaching the lab door, Jenny stopped, pausing, the awful dread suddenly ballooning.

Claustrophobia and an awful dread of being trapped in the toilet should the automatic door refuse to open were given as reasons for their reluctance.