How to Use dreamer in a Sentence
dreamer
noun- Some dreamers talk in their sleep to the people in their dreams.
- I am a realist, but my sister is a dreamer.
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Other repeat dreamers have been thwarted as well.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
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This is a city of dreamers and strivers, so come, bask in their glow, and enjoy a few days of that golden life for yourself.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026
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Ronan faces threats from those looking to eliminate dreamers like him.
—Caroline Killilea, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
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This is a space for artists, dreamers, romantics, and those looking to step into a slice of old-world Paris.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2026
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Konkoly, who is herself a lucid dreamer, told study participants to try working on the puzzle while asleep that night.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
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Today, the American West isn’t drawing dreamers in search of wealth so much as the wealthy in search of a rougher dream.
—Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
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Those crazy, diverse individuals, that tribe of oddballs and eccentrics, dreamers, and gamblers who make up this business.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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Kima is a dreamer with a passion for dance, but her dreams constantly clash with her critical mother’s expectations.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 June 2026
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For generations, Chicago has thrived because dreamers could make it here with little to their name and make something of themselves, and the bus is a prime way to do so.
—Lena Guerrero Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
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Home to innovators, entrepreneurs, immigrants, workers, artists, and dreamers from every corner of the globe.
—Adam Miller, Daily News, 23 May 2026
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Twenty lucid dreamers, including Bark-Huss, spent multiple nights in the lab, trying to work out puzzles in their sleep.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
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My favorite long shot is ‘Wonder Man,’ Marvel’s love letter to Hollywood dreams and dreamers.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
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Others — the dreamers and grinders, as Spencer Nusbaum described yesterday — have to take second jobs to make ends meet while toiling away in minor-league baseball.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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Venice has always been a magnet for dreamers and creatives, but in the past few years, tensions have heightened as residents grapple with the effects of the sizable unhoused population in the area.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 18 June 2026
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According to one recent study, a dreamer is also likely to feel more rested following a night of vivid dreams, which may be one reason why many people feel smoking a joint or eating a gummy helps them to sleep.
—Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 3 June 2026
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Set during the Great Depression, this electrifying musical follows two dreamers whose desire for more leads them into legend and danger.
—Staff Report, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
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There’s still a chance Bosa could unite with big brother, Joey Bosa, and dreamers will fantasize for Myles Garrett, but, alas, this pre-draft story is about unproven prospects.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
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While a Tudor home is full of character and embodies the whimsy dreamers are drawn to, Brutalist architecture's strength and purpose speak to those who value respect over charm.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2026
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The dialogue in his plays, a breathlessly hilarious assault, would seem an ideal way of reanimating the movie’s desperate outer-borough dreamers.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
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Most people aren’t lucid dreamers, so the people Paller and Konkoly studied weren’t representative of the general population.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
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For Rolling Stone’s Last Word column, Midler talked about the gigs, auditions, and storied feuds that took her from dreamer to entertainment legend.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2026
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But even as Moon landings, space shuttles, and reusable rockets seized the headlines, Link, along with a stubborn handful of engineers, explorers, and flat-out dreamers, kept plumbing the ocean instead.
—Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
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Louisa May Alcott’s father, Bronson Alcott, was a Transcendentalist and a utopian dreamer whose grand plans left him unable to provide for his wife and children.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
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What began in 1923 as a temporary billboard for a housing development has since transformed into one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world, drawing dreamers, tourists and hikers alike into its orbit.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
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There is the lamb-like dreamer, Wesley So, and the trollish Hikaru Nakamura, who believes that his unprecedented success as a streamer has secured him a greater legacy than any prestigious chess title would.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
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In a study testing this theory using 212 recurrent dream reports, 66% contained at least one threat and dreamers typically responded with defensive or evasive behavior.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
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Before her death in 1993, Mabel McKay — one of the last living dreamers of the Pomo Indian people — shared a prophecy while driving through the Sonoma hills.
—Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
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