How to Use dream up in a Sentence

dream up

verb
Definition of dream upnext
  • The game room is the place for crafts, homework, and any fun the kids can dream up.
    — Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 May 2021
  • Dixon has been dreaming up this project for a long time.
    — Will Schube, SPIN, 20 June 2023
  • And along the way, artists and creators alike dreamed up the manicures to match.
    — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The whole thing sounds like it was dreamed up by a squad of 13-year-old boys after a case of Cokes.
    — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Apr. 2024
  • These days, the captain and his crew dream up ideas for TikTok.
    — Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The decision by the Alabama Supreme Court threw our dreams up in the air.
    — Spencer Goidel, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Thank you for loving me and being the best man this lady could dream up.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Read full article The park’s designers love to hear about the ways kids dream up to use the slide.
    — Sarah Shemkus, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
  • But that didn’t deter them from dreaming up big plans for the space, which had good bones and was on a large lot.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The film series is a passion project Costner first dreamed up in 1988.
    — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Williams dreamed up the addition of crunchy pistachios and warm cumin seeds, by the way.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2024
  • It was dreamed up by himself and his wife, and named for his children—Rose, Becky, and Wesley.
    — Brett Berk, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The plot of The Ferryman was dreamt up by both of us in a car driving to upstate New York in a snowstorm.
    — Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Reading it can encourage you to slow down and dream up.
    — Laura Manske, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • The custom Miu Miu was just one of more than a dozen looks that Dickson and Sweeney dreamt up for the whirlwind rom-com press tour.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2023
  • What’s more, many of the best sleepwear brands are dreaming up silk sets that can go beyond the bedroom.
    — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024
  • That pushed Snyder to dream up new ways to get his healthy players threes, in an effort to upset the Nuggets.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Insert the filament through the pen so your kiddo can dream up their 3D art.
    — Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The design was dreamt up by the team’s technical Derek Gardner.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Just ask Turner, who’s already dreaming up new things to dip in the mixture.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 July 2023
  • Leadership teams can dream up fun events for both parents and their wider team.
    — Dan Manian, Quartz, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The scheme was dreamt up by Mayor Francesco Columbu and his brother Luca.
    — Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The oddball guise is one of many that Alvarez has dreamed up and posted to social media since 2020.
    — Shane Barnes, Pitchfork, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Tan doesn’t mind one bit, because all this work leaves him ready to do any stunt any director can dream up.
    — Kristine Thomason, Men's Health, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Mallmann is part of a small group who dared to dream up something new during the pandemic.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Sheridan dreamed up a story, shared it with millions, and then stepped into it.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2023
  • The inside of the house has an open space for kids between 2 and 6 years old to dream up different play scenarios.
    — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Unlike most of the units in new high-rises a few blocks west, this apartment wasn’t dreamed up on CAD and staged on Instagram.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Nov. 2023
  • More recently, in 2021, Gehry dreamt up bottle caps for the brand's Les Extraits line of perfumes.
    — Felix Bischof, theweek, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The sudden, brutal, pure-force-of-nature bear attacks in this movie are just as scary as anything the genre’s classic killers would dream up.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024

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