pipe dream
Example Sentences
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The oil-futures market thinks oil will fall from $98 a barrel today to $80 by September and $75 by Christmas — but that may be a pipe dream.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
Agreeing that he too had considered his voyage a "pipe dream" back then, Tony is satisfied that the time has been well spent.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
When Koy was moving up the comedy ranks under his real name Joseph Glenn Herbert, the thought of calling himself a comedian felt like a pipe dream.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Purity is a pipe dream, though, because the politics of quitting booze are, like drinkers themselves, messy.
From Slate • Feb. 15, 2026
That old image of myself as a hero, as a man of conscience and courage, all that was just a threadbare pipe dream.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
