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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
Costumed characters move in dreamlike sequences.
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David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Cynthia Vigil, Kelli Garrett, and Angelica Montano all came forward — two of them after seeing Ray’s face on the news and realizing their fragmented, dreamlike memories were real.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
Rehmeier’s regular cinematographer Jean-Philippe Bernier brings an appropriate warmth to the film’s visual palette, generating a dreamlike tone to the imagery befitting the protagonists’ self-image.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
Indeed, their many years together reveal themselves as the vital heart of Romano’s own artistic output, as scattered throughout these pages appear pieces of her earlier books and, especially, poems, which come to assume the aura of dreamlike premonitions.
—Brian Robert Moore
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The new visuals tap Tiffany brand ambassador and actress Zhang Ziyi and model Abby Champion, setting them in a dreamlike setting of clouds and open skies, breathing life into Verdeille’s new designs.
—Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Their subsequent adventures have a dreamlike quality, with each salvation (coming across a garden of lemonade and candy, for example) quickly giving way to a fresh peril (tummyache, in the case of the candy).
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Vézina and Kadi’s feature is caught between the kiddie sensibilities the approach demands and a desire to reach for slightly more mature matter through dreamlike imagery.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Both sobering and dreamlike, with moments of genuine tenderness, her film bears witness to cycles of trauma and creates a devastating indictment of historical patriarchal abuse.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Cynthia Vigil, Kelli Garrett, and Angelica Montano all came forward — two of them after seeing Ray’s face on the news and realizing their fragmented, dreamlike memories were real.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
Rehmeier’s regular cinematographer Jean-Philippe Bernier brings an appropriate warmth to the film’s visual palette, generating a dreamlike tone to the imagery befitting the protagonists’ self-image.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
Indeed, their many years together reveal themselves as the vital heart of Romano’s own artistic output, as scattered throughout these pages appear pieces of her earlier books and, especially, poems, which come to assume the aura of dreamlike premonitions.
—Brian Robert Moore
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The new visuals tap Tiffany brand ambassador and actress Zhang Ziyi and model Abby Champion, setting them in a dreamlike setting of clouds and open skies, breathing life into Verdeille’s new designs.
—Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Their subsequent adventures have a dreamlike quality, with each salvation (coming across a garden of lemonade and candy, for example) quickly giving way to a fresh peril (tummyache, in the case of the candy).
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Vézina and Kadi’s feature is caught between the kiddie sensibilities the approach demands and a desire to reach for slightly more mature matter through dreamlike imagery.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Both sobering and dreamlike, with moments of genuine tenderness, her film bears witness to cycles of trauma and creates a devastating indictment of historical patriarchal abuse.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreamlike
Adjective
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The episode ends with a surreal, graphic deepfake scene of a totally nude Donald Trump stumbling around a desert.—
Nick Marx,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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The flashbacks of a city shut down, subways closed, and the surreal journey home.—
Ayisha Miracle Mendez,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As Man’s Best Friend gets off to a fantastic start, two of Carpenter’s previous full-lengths either rise across multiple rosters or bounce back onto several tallies.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Liverpool as a city produces fantastic footballers.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The final drive day sees guests back on the autobahn and up into the incredible views afforded along German Alpine Road.—
Duncan Madden,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The batter is loaded up with apples that lend an incredible moistness to this rustic sheet cake.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But everything changes when a string of gruesome killings—which grow increasingly bizarre, with victims covered in rashes and found in deranged, violent states—involves his young daughter Hyo-jin (Kim Hwan-hee).—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Paxton’s interest in Paul’s plight was bizarre, obsessive and so far beyond normal operations at the attorney general’s office that the agency’s top officials struggled to convey their concerns during the hourslong meeting with two FBI agents.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Dreamlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreamlike. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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