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seeming to exist in a dream; like a dream
Her photographs have a dreamlike quality.
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Recent Examples of dreamlike
Michael Armitage, a British painter born in Kenya, updates old-style history painting with fresher, journalistic impulses to produce compositions—of chicken thieves, migrants crammed on rafts, crowds facing COVID-era curfews—that feel strangely dreamlike.
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Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
Droomvlucht is a dreamlike flight that remains one of my favorite dark rides in the world.
—Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026
These 10 songs represent her ideal playground, a space bright and broad enough for her dreamlike visions and mutable voice to take whatever shapes her imagination allows.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026
Most striking, though, is the deep, almost luminescent blue of the walls, casting the room in a curious, dreamlike glow.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Add on top of that a selection of surrealist furniture and decor items, a trove of antique pieces, and some contrasting industrial materials, and her designs land somewhere in a dreamlike realm that’s part Dalí painting and part Barbie Dreamhouse.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 19 Apr. 2026
Brahms’ shifting rhythms are dreamlike and inscrutable, and Tetzloff handled them with care.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
Featuring dynamic performances, dreamlike symbolic imagery, and a six-minute dialogue-free conducting scene, Maestro is essentially catnip for film lovers and classical movie enthusiasts alike.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Their romance emerges alongside the dreamlike atmosphere of the mysterious circus, their illusions becoming a way to communicate with each other.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
Droomvlucht is a dreamlike flight that remains one of my favorite dark rides in the world.
—Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026
These 10 songs represent her ideal playground, a space bright and broad enough for her dreamlike visions and mutable voice to take whatever shapes her imagination allows.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026
Most striking, though, is the deep, almost luminescent blue of the walls, casting the room in a curious, dreamlike glow.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Add on top of that a selection of surrealist furniture and decor items, a trove of antique pieces, and some contrasting industrial materials, and her designs land somewhere in a dreamlike realm that’s part Dalí painting and part Barbie Dreamhouse.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 19 Apr. 2026
Brahms’ shifting rhythms are dreamlike and inscrutable, and Tetzloff handled them with care.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
Featuring dynamic performances, dreamlike symbolic imagery, and a six-minute dialogue-free conducting scene, Maestro is essentially catnip for film lovers and classical movie enthusiasts alike.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Their romance emerges alongside the dreamlike atmosphere of the mysterious circus, their illusions becoming a way to communicate with each other.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreamlike
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Eva Longoria took the subtle bow shoe trend at Cannes into Jacquemus’ surreal sculptural language on Tuesday, stepping out at Hotel Martinez during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival in the label’s black High Cubisto slingbacks.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
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And so my surreal day-to-day, a regular life broken up by suspensions of my rights, stopped mattering.—
Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
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The history is iconic with such richness and history of fantastic creators who have seared Batman into our imaginations.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
23 May 2026
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Buxton won a nine-pitch battle and fouled off four pitches, one of which was nearly caught in foul territory by Contreras on what would have been a fantastic play, before giving up the homer on a 2-2 cutter.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
23 May 2026
Adjective
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Athletes are always getting bigger, stronger, and faster, and doing ever more incredible things.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Rai’s incredible run continued with another birdie on 13, putting the 31-year-old in great position to make history for his nation.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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That is pretty bizarre, given how fantastic both atmospheres have been throughout the playoffs.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Rather than representing a bizarre evolutionary innovation unique to salamanders, regeneration may actually reflect an ancient trait that many vertebrates once possessed more broadly.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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