Examples of pipe dream in a Sentence
His plan for starting his own business was just a pipe dream.
opening our own restaurant has long been a pipe dream
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Expecting 100 18-to-22-year-olds of varied maturity to offer consistent output from week to week is a pipe dream.
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David Ubben, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The good news is that obtaining an affordable mortgage isn’t a pipe dream.
—Jason Peters, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
The idea that renewables alone can power the American economy is nonsense given the current technology, green pipe dreams notwithstanding.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
That would have been a pipe dream.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
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David Ubben, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The good news is that obtaining an affordable mortgage isn’t a pipe dream.
—Jason Peters, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
The idea that renewables alone can power the American economy is nonsense given the current technology, green pipe dreams notwithstanding.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
That would have been a pipe dream.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Pipe dream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pipe%20dream. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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