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Examples of pipe dream in a Sentence
His plan for starting his own business was just a pipe dream.
opening our own restaurant has long been a pipe dream
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The idea of repeat physical visits becomes a pipe dream for many.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024
Beneath the novel’s profound weirdness is a sly skewering of the precarity of modern employment, where any kind of permanence can seem like a pipe dream and contentment is often just as elusive.
—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
Seine-Saint-Denis, the northeastern department – roughly equivalent to a county in the US – where the stadium is located, is the poorest in mainland France, and for many of its 1.7 million residents, accessing facilities even close to the caliber of the Stade de France is a pipe dream.
—Emily Blumenthal, CNN, 24 July 2024
In this dark and brooding place, justice is a pipe dream.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024
Beneath the novel’s profound weirdness is a sly skewering of the precarity of modern employment, where any kind of permanence can seem like a pipe dream and contentment is often just as elusive.
—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
Seine-Saint-Denis, the northeastern department – roughly equivalent to a county in the US – where the stadium is located, is the poorest in mainland France, and for many of its 1.7 million residents, accessing facilities even close to the caliber of the Stade de France is a pipe dream.
—Emily Blumenthal, CNN, 24 July 2024
In this dark and brooding place, justice is a pipe dream.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
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“Pipe dream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pipe%20dream. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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