dream
noun
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
had dreamed
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past perfectof dream.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“It’s exactly what I wanted and had dreamed it would be,” she says as she walks through the garden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Báez had dreamed of days like Saturday ever since the Cardinals drafted him in the second round and paid him $2.25 million to forgo his commitment to Vanderbilt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
"My grandmother had dreamed of becoming a renowned artist in Cape Verde, but her parents didn't want her to sing," said the mother of two.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Both had dreamed of representing the U.S. in the Olympics — a dream realized symbolically by their jerseys in the U.S. locker room.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
That night he had dreamed of an orchard under the moonlight, of skeletal white trees, their branches ending in bony hands, their roots going deep down into the graves.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
