dream up

Example Sentences

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A Brazilian man with a penchant for sporting records breaks a new one after tackling the most boring physical challenge he could dream up: running on a treadmill for 24 hours.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

You can see cool visual responses when asking for sports scores and other queries, and use the image generator Nano Banana and video maker Veo to remix your own media or dream up new visions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Then build the most fabulous, flavor-packed fruit salad you can dream up.

From Salon • May 31, 2025

He wanted me to order something, anything that I could possibly dream up, he said.

From Slate • Dec. 13, 2024

Not only was Hagrid twice as tall as anyone else, he kept pointing at perfectly ordinary things like parking meters and saying loudly, “See that, Harry? Things these Muggles dream up, eh?”

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling