dreamed

variants or dreamt
past tense of dream

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dreamed The work, which moved more people than Harbour ever dreamed of reaching, came with a gradual loss of his personhood. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 June 2026 Castle said her daughter dreamed of eventually cooking for presidents and other world leaders. Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026 While there aren’t currently any women who are full-time drivers in the Formula One Grand Prix championship series, Amna Al Qubaisi has long dreamed of changing that. Tashan Reed, Time, 9 June 2026 Smith was studying Community Leadership and Development and dreamed of starting a food business after achieving his dream of playing in the NFL, according to his bio. Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 As a kid growing up in Denver, Kyle Freeland dreamed big. Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 8 June 2026 Also significant is that the new tech platforms are controlled by a small group of oligarchs such as Elon Musk, giving them far more control over public discourse than any newspaper owner ever dreamed of. Jeffrey Rosen, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026 That’s not to say buyers haven’t dreamed big — sometimes very big. David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026 Through its characters, the book stages an argument about the virtues of various types of maps—those that are measured, those that are recollected, those that are dreamed. Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreamed
Verb
  • And this year, no one had a greater impact than the individuals who imagined, designed, and built AI.
    Sam Jacobs, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
  • If the teams win, a whole new business of NASCAR will need to be imagined and implemented, and the governing body will need to pay hefty sums in damages, too.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Karros has found his swing and is evolving into the hitter Colorado envisioned during spring training.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 15 June 2026
  • This is what the founding fathers envisioned all those years ago.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • And horribly, Mackenzie's killer had attempted to saw off her arm.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • During the trial, jurors learned about grim Google searches Brian had made after his wife died, including how to saw a body and how to clean blood off of wood floors.
    Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025

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“Dreamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreamed. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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