dream up

Example Sentences

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As a child, I spent so many nights playing tricks on myself, twisting the shadows from trees outside my window into the most terrifying images my mind could dream up.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Mars won’t pay the bills at SpaceX like its Starlink service or any of the other applications that Musk can dream up.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

You can use your cameo—and your friends’ cameos—to star in any video you dream up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

There are ETFs for pretty much any concept a financial professional could dream up and sell to investors.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025

He’s not like the many cute guys I see out and about in the city where I dream up some epic love only to forget what they look like an hour later.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera