How to Use the American dream in a Sentence

the American dream

noun phrase
  • That too is part of the American dream.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
  • This is the American dream come to life.
    — Grace Meng, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • For renters, high home prices are putting the American dream out of reach.
    — Fatima Hussein and Josh Boak, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024
  • This is not the American dream.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
  • It's called the American dream, folks.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
  • On when the American dream came to Africa.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Apr. 2026
  • On when the American dream came to Africa.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The father longed for his son to one day live the American dream.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
  • What does living the American dream mean to you?
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Don’t look now, but the American dream is at risk of getting benched.
    — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2024
  • In a way, a start rejection of the myth of the American dream.
    — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • That's your ticket to the American dream.
    — Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
  • So we’ve been blessed to live the American dream in different ways.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • This comment came in a segment of his speech that was about the American dream, which is odd.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 1 Aug. 2024
  • She was sold the American dream with a farmworker visa.
    — ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
  • There’s always been the American dream.
    — Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, younger people don't seem to share boomers' ideas about the American dream.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • People don't say the American dream for no reason.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
  • Although pessimism about the American dream has grown across groups, the change is sharpest among young adults.
    — Gary Langer, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • To many in the US, the keystone of the American dream is a house.
    — Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Kevin is the epitome of the American dream.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2025
  • There’s a lot of talk about the disappearance of the American dream right now.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • That’s not a great omen for the American dream, which has long been regarded as owning a home.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Some are still chasing the American dream long after their prime working years.
    — Jeffrey E. Singer, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Both chip away at the American dream faster than inflation ever could.
    — Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Zsuzsanna had seen her brother's love for the glittery side of the American dream.
    — Troy Roberts, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • What the American dream costs now Try $5 million.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Funnily enough, Yeezy’s life now is kind of the American dream.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • Trump and Vance’s version of the American dream doesn’t make space for Latines.
    — Ayendy Bonifacio, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2024
  • For many people in the US, owning a home is the American dream.
    — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024

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