Sentence examples for a dreamed of from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a dreamed of" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used in contexts where one is referring to something that has been longed for or fantasized about, but it requires a different structure to be grammatically correct.
Example: "She finally achieved her long-dreamed-of goal of becoming a published author."
Alternatives: "a long-desired" or "a much-anticipated".

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(After all, it should never be forgotten that what they led to wasn't a dreamed of new society but the "Reagan revolution," as the arc of justice took the first of its many grim twists and turns).

December 21, one of my seared dates, a day I was supposed to become a mother two years ago, even though I now know I became a mother the day a dreamed of becoming one.

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These images are infused with a spirit of fantasy, set as they are in a dreamed-of Africa, an imagined and beloved homeland where harmony reigns, reunited souls pledge their troth, and glorious black bodies luxuriate, unashamed, in a natural environment.

Warren Royal dreamed of a classier bobblehead pope.

Billy Payne dreamed of a park.

Artists dreamed of a revelation.

Tyler dreamed of becoming a professional paleontologist.

She dreamed of being a journalist.

We dreamed of getting a few hundred.

She dreamed of becoming a painter.

Thomas Jefferson dreamed of creating a "natural aristocracy".

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