dream
noun
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
were dreaming
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past progressiveof dream.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It is as if the system were "dreaming," Erkilic explained.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
The study included 20 participants who had prior experience with lucid dreaming, meaning they sometimes realized they were dreaming while still asleep.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2026
“There is this sense of, we’ll never be able to buy a house and we’ll never be able to build the life that we were dreaming of.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
The Toon Army were dreaming of a place in the knockout stages when they took the lead through Joelinton's 33rd-minute thunderbolt while Borussia Dortmund led against Paris St-Germain in Germany.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023
In the back Hassan grunted and sniffled as if he were dreaming he was a German shepherd, and Colin felt the ceaseless burning in his gut, thinking, This is all so CHILDISH.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
