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Meanings of superstitious dread in English

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Usage of superstitious dread in English
1
She yielded to fear and despair-sank prostrate under a paralysing, superstitious dread.
Antonina; Or, The Fall of Rome
2
Griffith himself acquired an almost superstitious dread of the influence of Masonry.
The Irish Times
3
Really, she shouldn't feel such superstitious dread, as this surely didn't mean much.
Zero Point
4
She felt the shock of the revelation with a chill of superstitious dread.
Man and Wife
5
The poor old servant was feeling a sense of superstitious dread.
Oswald Langdon / or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1...
6
For some reason he seems to have a superstitious dread of that place.
The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks; Or, The Secret of Ruby Mounta...
7
His behavior strongly suggested a superstitious dread of some unseen danger.
The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes: A Study of Ideational Behav...
8
His heart sunk within him, and something like a superstitious dread entered him.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
9
He had talked long out of the superstitious dread that beset his Indian heart.
The Heart of Unaga
10
The whole audience appeared to be struck with superstitious dread.
Kafir Stories: Seven Short Stories
11
Then the screen produced type, plain old prosaic type, and the superstitious dread departed.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
12
Sailors flung stones and arrows at them with superstitious dread.
The lies of locke lamora
13
Even Merriwell's stout heart was assailed by a feeling that was like superstitious dread.
Frank Merriwell's Reward
14
Isaac's capacities were not quick enough to catch the infection of his mother's superstitious dread.
The Queen of Hearts
15
The Indian, in superstitious dread, lives in ignorance of His greatness, His ways and His love.
Young Lion of the Woods / Or, A Story of Early Colonial Days
16
A Freemason is the one thing of which these people have a superstitious dread and horror.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) / A Record of Five Years' Explor...
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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