dreamlike
- a word derived from dream.
Example Sentences
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For color, Tiernan referenced early hand-tinting of black and white, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s Technicolor masterpiece “The Red Shoes” and Alfred Hitchcock’s dreamlike “Vertigo,” which was his touchstone.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
He watched as posters' imagination developed the image into a "vaguely nostalgic and vaguely dreamlike but also very tangible science-fiction concept".
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
In the figurative paintings of Veronica Fernandez’s first solo exhibition, “Prey,” the artist’s childhood is recalled through dreamlike and fantastical scenes, with memories filtered through experience and emotion.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
At COMA, Justin Williams’s canvases depict dreamlike scenes inspired by his life as a new father.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Action slows to a dreamlike glide, frame by frame; the motion of a hand, a sentence spoken, fills an eternity.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
