dreamscape

noun

dream·scape ˈdrēm-ˌskāp

: a dreamlike usually surrealistic scene

also : a painting of a dreamscape

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web It’s set in Scotland, but here the country is a blank dreamscape, and the protagonist is a weary warrior caught up in a doomed, nightmarish scheme. —

David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2022 De Cárdenas has put it in conversation with a gently aquatic wall sculpture by Eva LeWitt and a free-form carpet by Bea Bonafini, paving the way for a floaty, pastel dreamscape. —

Sarah Medford, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022 The food is a tangy, spicy, bright, coconutty dreamscape. —

New York Times, 19 Sep. 2022 This dreamscape becomes Riker’s plot, as Abby not only visits memories but also consults with various thinkers. —

Lynn Steger Strong, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023 The globular and sinuous formations provide a dreamscape for a young man to come under the spell of three fantastical beings. —

Guillermo Perez, Sun Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022 Dressed in bright orange, yellow, and purple in a cotton candy dreamscape, both musicians teased the collaboration earlier this week with cover art for their Candyland music video. —

Vulture, 21 Jan. 2022 But to conceive a cinematic dreamscape in the mind and, abstractly, on the page, is one thing. —

Partner Content, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2022 Past productions have featured such themes as a 1950s Hollywood soundstage, the world of Alice in Wonderland and a dreamscape purgatory. —

Scott Feinblatt, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2022 See More

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