Effluvia had seeped into the apartment below, creating a potentially nightmarish situation that local health officials knew nothing about, Mr. Gospodarski said.

They both understood the nightmarish situation the FCO was in.

She didn't know whether to stand her ground, and make the best of this nightmarish situation, or attempt to casually slip away.

He also developed a dark conviction that a new element of dread was being added to an already nightmarish situation.

He felt his control over this entire nightmarish situation rapidly slipping away.

Sometimes, when people find themselves in strange, nightmarish situations like this, they are described as Kafkaesque situations.

"If people continue to realize the superior advantages of taking public transportation, they can avert a nightmarish situation."

Was he overwhelmed by the stress of the whole nightmarish situation?

While any roadway construction can be inconvenient, it's unlikely that such a dire and nightmarish situation could completely block motorists.

They went away, stumbling and holding on to each other in the eerie dream-likeness and nightmarish situation of no-weight-whatever.