How to Use dream on in a Sentence

dream on

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  • Diego Cartaya is still young and talented enough to dream on.
    Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • At age 25 and with less than a full season’s work under his belt, there’s room to dream on another level.
    Jake Ciely, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • So Evans and his fiancée put their dream on hold for now, signing a new one-year lease on a rental in the Chicago suburbs.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
  • That’s a version of the future Twins fans can dream on, no matter how low their morale and expectations are for this season.
    Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Knueppel has been an absolute dream on and off the court and has, for the most part, fended off injury in his first season in the NBA.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 31 Dec. 2025
  • There’s no need for panic and many more opportunities to put this right, but anyone who had begun to feel confident about staying up was pulled back from that dream on Tuesday night.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Davis, in particular, is a player to dream on given his size (6-foot-4, 195 pounds), speed and leaping ability.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
  • After Scott’s death, Steve achieved the brothers’ dream on his own, selling a software startup to America Online, in 1996, for seventy million dollars.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • There have been times when Roupp’s competitiveness and stuff have allowed the San Francisco Giants to dream on those Bumgarner/Vogelsong comparisons.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • Newcomers like libero Paisley Stednitz (Granite Hills High School), middle blocker Charlotte Underwood (Vista Murrieta High School) and outside hitter Jovie Harmon (Ramona High School) give the team a future to dream on.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025

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