dreaminess
Example Sentences
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He added the sequel as a whole "keeps the rainbow-coloured dreaminess and the Broadway show tune zinginess from part one".
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
In novels like “Lullabies for Little Criminals” and “The Lonely Hearts Hotel,” O’Neill captures both the darkness and the dreaminess of the city in shimmering colors.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2024
Another key problem is that the movie, though appealingly shot in gradations of dreaminess and realism by cinematographer Alwin H. Küchler, is trapped between character study and avenging thriller, leaving both sides starved for oxygen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
My quibble with the photo is that the long exposure left a little softness in the lights across the lake, but the whole image is shimmering with such dreaminess, I don’t even mind.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2023
They were musings, idle thoughts, full sometimes of the old dreaminess, but not the kind of thing she cared to dwell on.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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