Perhaps they find it difficult to imagine a time when theatre was improvised in response to terrifying headlines, a time when delivering a line of dialogue with a chilling sense of dread did not even require acting.

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The snowstorm sweeping through the region brought with it echoes of Superstorm Sandy, if not in intensity, in the dread of residents waiting to see what a new storm would bring.

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But not so tightly that entrepreneurs start to dread the prospect of a public listing.

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And we'll make it easier, quicker and less expensive for you to file a return, so that April 15th is not a date that is approached with dread every year.

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The range of emotions that a PTSD patient feels during a flashback -- fear, anxiety, dread, a sense of shock -- usually does not lead to a violent action, Rossiter said.

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Unless it succeeds, every time banks' borrowing costs rise, the response will not be satisfaction that investors are discriminating against weak firms, but dread that things may spiral out of control again.

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But the minister's admiration for British ingenuity is mingled with a barely-concealed dread: that the most promising offerings from the labs might not be turned into commercial products by British companies.

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Other tests work, though not in time for patients to act, leaving them to a life of endless dread.

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