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

If you should happen to dream up a scene in which a man runs screaming around the jungle with a wild boar strapped to his head, he’s the obvious pick to pull it off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

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

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025

I am somewhat aware that I am dreaming, and in a sense am making the dream up; but being half-asleep, it still seems true.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien