variants
or dreamt
as in imagined
to form a mental picture of
I dreamed that I was living on that proverbial desert island in the South Pacific
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Recent Examples of dreamed
Caudill once dreamed of playing college basketball.
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Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The first National Conservatism conferences drew students and intellectuals who felt marginalized by the Republican Party and dreamed about taking power.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The kid who played every sport and dreamed of being an NFL agent is now creating content and moving through TV and film rooms with confidence.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 30 Aug. 2025
The couple had dreamed of sending Alexander to Good Shepherd Catholic School in West Kendall, but said the tuition cost was too high to justify for their family of five.
—Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Now in their sixties, the film captures the group who have held jobs, been married, had children, seen those children married, divorced, remarried, helped raise grandchildren, dreamt, suffered, succeeded, and survived.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Hank, who once dreamed of playing baseball for the Giants, lives in New York's East Village in 1998 and spends his nights bartending and his even later nights seeing his girlfriend, Yvonne (Zoë Kravitz).
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The former president had probably dreamt of the moment of her upcoming detention before, imagining crowds of frenzied supporters standing between her and the police , unwilling to allow their leader to be soiled by the dirty hands of the crooked security forces.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Other boys dreamed of being footballers, doctors, soldiers.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025
Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The first National Conservatism conferences drew students and intellectuals who felt marginalized by the Republican Party and dreamed about taking power.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The kid who played every sport and dreamed of being an NFL agent is now creating content and moving through TV and film rooms with confidence.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 30 Aug. 2025
The couple had dreamed of sending Alexander to Good Shepherd Catholic School in West Kendall, but said the tuition cost was too high to justify for their family of five.
—Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Now in their sixties, the film captures the group who have held jobs, been married, had children, seen those children married, divorced, remarried, helped raise grandchildren, dreamt, suffered, succeeded, and survived.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Hank, who once dreamed of playing baseball for the Giants, lives in New York's East Village in 1998 and spends his nights bartending and his even later nights seeing his girlfriend, Yvonne (Zoë Kravitz).
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The former president had probably dreamt of the moment of her upcoming detention before, imagining crowds of frenzied supporters standing between her and the police , unwilling to allow their leader to be soiled by the dirty hands of the crooked security forces.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Other boys dreamed of being footballers, doctors, soldiers.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreamed
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Butler never imagined Zimmerer – a typically non-spontaneous person – would drop everything to book a flight and travel more than 1,500 miles from Nebraska to be there.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Longo is known for his photorealistic paintings and drawings, but many of his works are an amalgamation of images real, imagined, and tweaked.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Founders envisioned a Nation in which religious voices and views are integral to a vibrant public square and human flourishing and in which religious people and institutions are free to practice their faith without fear of discrimination or hostility from the Government.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Wharton envisioned gardens as architectural compositions just like houses and structures, in a series of outdoor rooms that elegantly co-exist with the natural landscape.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The trees were cut down, sawed in half, hollowed out and tied back together for the musicians to use.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
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Fanatics shared the moment Tennessee Titans first overall pick, quarterback Cam Ward, saw Brady pop up on the screen to give him some wise words.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Dreamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreamed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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