never/not dream of

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—used to say that one would never do something or think of doing something

I would never dream of asking for more money.

"Did you ever do anything to hurt her?" "I wouldn't dream of it!"

Examples of never/not dream of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Republicans would never dream of these initiatives. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 26 May 2024

Presumably, Conrad was talking not to out-and-out bigots but to well-meaning liberal folks who would never dream of taking an identity that wasn’t theirs. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024

Snyder is inspired by fellow young content creators who travel to less touristy destinations – places his parents would never dream of going to. —Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024

Most people would never dream of owning the OLED T. —Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2024

If they were laid off—especially during the pandemic—many workers would never dream of returning to the place that dropped them. —Byjane Thier, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2023

Like city folk who move to the countryside and raise chickens as pets and for eggs but would never dream of eating the birds themselves, the film wants us to get emotionally invested in these specific chickens but doesn’t truly challenge viewers to question the ethics of eating poultry in general. —Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2023

Unlike the always-hustling girlboss, the girlies do not dream of labor. —Iva Dixit, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023

But many families of four would never dream of taking such extended vacations. —Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023