How to Use pipe dream in a Sentence

pipe dream

noun

• His plan for starting his own business was just a pipe dream.
• The playoffs seem like a pipe dream for the 49ers right now.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2021
• The Bears have lost three in a row, and a playoff run looks like a pipe dream.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2020
• That last one is more of a pipe dream, but who knows where life may take me.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 July 2021
• That achievement was decades in the making, and for most of that time seemed a pipe dream.
  — Ed Whelan, National Review, 14 July 2022
• In a non-Covid world, the Snyder Cut remains a pipe dream.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• Deer hunting year-round is a pipe dream in most places.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2020
• In this world, the golden mean does not exist and equipoise is a pipe dream.
  — Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 5 Nov. 2022
• But Viveca Greene, PhD, tells me that might be a pipe dream.
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2020
• That’s a pipe dream that most viewers put away long ago.
  — Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
• Just a few months ago, reaching the glitzy checkpoint was a pipe dream.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022
• With the project looking like a pipe dream, the Corps changed everything in 2017.
  — Ben Brasch, ajc, 16 Dec. 2020
• The idea was a pipe dream in the 1980s, when less than a quarter of the country supported it.
  — Nicolas Rivero, Quartz, 29 Aug. 2022
• But as each day passes, that feels more a pipe dream than a solid plan.
  — cincinnati.com, 10 Dec. 2020
• Economists on both sides of the aisle say that hopes of clawing back that cash is a pipe dream.
  — Alana Abramson, Time, 2 Mar. 2021
• Some might call it a pipe dream, but our best minds are working to bring Facebook back.
  — Sauleha Kamal, The New Yorker, 30 July 2023
• Just a couple of months ago, the idea of full-capacity shows in 2021 seemed like a pipe dream.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2021
• Then again, putting even a brief scare into the Astros on Friday night seemed like a pipe dream.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2022
• All this might sound like a pipe dream, but the momentum behind the ESG movement shows it can be done.
  — Patricia Geli, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2022
• In 2008, members of a non-profit began the same push, but many dismissed the effort as a pipe dream.
  — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 7 June 2021
• This scenario is entirely made up, but is far from a sci-fi pipe dream.
  — Miriam Fauzia, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2022
• With barely any rest, being at his best often felt like a pipe dream.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2022
• Does a free public transit system sound like a pipe dream?
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2022
• Wind and solar, though helpful, are a fools pipe dream as a solution to the issue.
  — Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2022
• Add in his likely desire for roster control, and the Colts feel like a pipe dream of a landing spot.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2022
• For decades now, clean coal has been a political pipe dream.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 May 2022
• For now, Herman’s Big 12 postseason goals may seem like just a pipe dream.
  — Dallas News, 23 Nov. 2020
• Early in production, having a Firth cameo felt like a pipe dream to the writers.
  — Precious Adesina, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
• In those days, being a full-time women's soccer player was a pipe dream for most.
  — Justin Birnbaum, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
• But before the pandemic, that future felt like a pipe dream.
  — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 19 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024