How to Use like a dream in a Sentence

like a dream

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  • The whole last month of his life feels like a dream.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • This is like a dream/nightmare.
    Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Wrinkle-free clothes that pack like a dream.
    Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Recording this duet with him now feels like a dream come true.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2025
  • This classic recipe freezes like a dream and wows every time.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Much like this slice of the desert, your 90-minute ride will feel like a dream.
    Chris Malloy, Bon Appétit, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The relaxed fit and tie-waist ensures this pair fits like a dream.
    Cheryl Wagemann, InStyle, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This creamy, spreadable mask applies like a dream from root to ends.
    Sarah Y. Wu, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
  • The top fit her like a dream, like a very breast-revealing dream.
    Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
  • This suit fits like a dream — flatters and covers all the right places.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023
  • Lightweight luggage that glides like a dream?
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Retirement — with no work and all that free time — sounds like a dream.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Looking for a bra that fits like a dream and doesn’t drain your bank account?
    Courtney Leiva, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • But for those who had, the idea of listening to him in a church seemed like a dream.
    Billboard Italy, Billboard, 27 June 2024
  • This long journey that Squid Game has been on is like a dream.
    Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Except that on some days, the memory played out like a dream.
    Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Best of all, the glove washes like a dream without clumping the down.
    Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2024
  • This deal definitely feels like a dream come true.
    PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Life may currently feel like a dream -- and there's nothing wrong with that.
    Chicago Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The Man Who Could Move Clouds feels like a dream.
    Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
  • If that sounds like a dream come true to you, then you are primed and ready for a shaving club membership.
    Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 5 Jan. 2023
  • For prog rock devotees, the personnel alone reads like a dream lineup.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 1 July 2026
  • That doesn’t make it into the final cut, so that just becomes like a dream or something.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Does days of massages, facials, and body wraps at a top spa sound like a dream vacation?
    Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The creamy formula lathers, spreads, and rinses out like a dream.
    Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The end of the year is almost upon us, and 2023 still feels like a dream.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • These sticks, which come in different finishes, glide like a dream and once on, don’t budge.
    Jackie Fields, People.com, 10 June 2025
  • His goal was to blend New York edge with something that moved and photographed like a dream.
    Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 11 June 2025
  • Finally having their baby girl at home felt like a dream come true for the parents.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
  • This lightweight hat can also travel like a dream with the help of a convenient hat clip.
    Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024

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