dreams 1 of 2

plural of dream
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dreams

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verb

present tense third-person singular of dream

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dreams
Noun
Saft’s decorating dreams began early. Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025 His legacy will continue to inspire not only athletes but anyone who has ever been told their dreams were impossible. Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025 The reason is much more convoluted, tracing through location, glorified flag football, player payments and Chip Kelly’s dreams. Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025 Looking ahead, Randy dreams of traveling to Africa one day to help children living in poverty — a reflection of his kind heart and caring nature. Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025 When the Sun enters Scorpio on October 23rd, the energy pivots toward your friendships, networks, and long-term dreams. Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025 Unlike a killer hiding in the woods, a guy who gets you in your dreams is literally impossible to hide from, and watching our plucky heroine Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) trying to resist sleep presents a new kind of awful torture. Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025 Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams. Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025 Let’s study each other’s strategies without copying each other’s dreams. Essence, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
But Safdie has applied that signature aesthetic to a story of much grander scope, of an American misfit who dreams big. David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025 Hothead dreams neither of lesbian supremacy nor of assimilation but of a radical fluidity. Jo Livingstone, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025 In the Atacama Desert, a young woman dreams of becoming an astronaut while investigating her mother’s mysterious death and searching for the father who abandoned her. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025 Bend it Like Beckham follows Jess Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) who dreams of becoming a professional soccer player. Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 The narrator dreams of embracing his estranged father, only to wake, drive to the old home, and find a stranger at the door. Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Sep. 2025 Kim Da-mi (Nine Puzzles, Our Beloved Summer, Itaewon Class) plays Go Young-rye, a bus conductor who dreams of becoming a literature professor. Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 This is the first CTC production helmed by its new artistic director, Rick Dildine, and his heart was surely in the right place in presenting the tale of a teenage boy who dreams of adventure and rises to the occasion when heroism is required. Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025 Which life is the one Cora actually dreams of? Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreams
Noun
  • Other artists address psychological and ecological rupture, from Shirin Neshat’s haunting meditations on freedom to Sharbendu De’s visions of climate futures.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
  • His new visions are shattered by an explosion of light and color as, beneath his fist, the green light blazes, the kyber crystal of the Jedi screaming in corruption and cowardice, in fear and loathing—the lies of the Jedi revealed at last.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Unlike his own travails under Cruyff, Lineker says that Flick’s 4-3-3 shape suits Barca’s current England attacker Rashford, who has five goals and four assists in 12 appearances since joining on a season-long loan from Manchester United.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Operational and logistical challenges posed by new regulations and sustainability goals will also be addressed.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Laneige Water Sleeping Mask Laneige became a household name thanks to its lip sleeping mask, but this overnight cream is no slack with the beauties either.
    Shalwah Evans, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • One of the all-time beauties of film, with acting chops.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Steeped in dread and indignation, Watcher is feminist horror that imagines what Rear Window would be like if Jimmy Stewart were constantly talked over and dismissed.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This is lovely writing in which the author weaves information about the history of maps and how they are made, and Dolores imagines her parents in love in their little apartment where her mother/aunt took care of her as a baby.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What fantastic fantasies will lure risk-seeking treasure hunters to breach the massive walls of iron thorns surrounding mysterious radioactive caverns buried deep in the deserts?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The haze of this dreamy transit could’ve left us projecting fantasies, chasing ideals and ignoring truths that matter.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But Mother Nature can influence our plans and activities.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • This week, the dramatic collapse of plans for Barcelona to play a La Liga game against Villarreal in Miami — first reported by The Athletic — added extra spice to the compelling and captivating Clasico.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One wonders, naturally, what the likes of the late New Yorker critic Kael — or, say, Roger Ebert, for that matter — would think of the idea of a robotic technology attempting to replicate their voice while reviewing movies.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Popular among outdoor enthusiasts and leisure travelers for its clear water, natural wonders like the towering Baobab trees, and unique wildlife, Madagascar has historically been a great place to celebrate a big trip.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Niccol envisions Starbucks' app evolving to use AI that predicts and prepares orders based on customers’ location and previous ordering habits.
    Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • As The Rise Group looks forward, Starnes envisions a landscape in which organizations are increasingly able to balance strategic objectives with social impact.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Dreams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreams. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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