How to Use the American dream in a Sentence

the American dream

noun phrase

• For renters, high home prices are putting the American dream out of reach.
  — Fatima Hussein, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
• Trump and Vance’s version of the American dream doesn’t make space for Latines.
  — Ayendy Bonifacio, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2024
• Don’t look now, but the American dream is at risk of getting benched.
  — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2024
• Although pessimism about the American dream has grown across groups, the change is sharpest among young adults.
  — Gary Langer, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2024
• Business For some, TikTok is a path to riches and the American dream.
  — Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
• And in many parts of nation, the American dream of owning your own home seems as out of reach as owning a racing yacht.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 July 2023
• My grandparents worked hard, played by the rules, and achieved the American dream that enabled their children to succeed.
  — Mike Levin, Orange County Register, 21 May 2024
• This is a roller coaster ride over 10 hour-long episodes discussing really what boils down to the American dream.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2023
• Some are still chasing the American dream long after their prime working years.
  — Jeffrey E. Singer, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
• In many ways, meritocracy is a core part of the American dream.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 June 2024
• In an interview with Rolling Stone at the time, Wolin explained that the rapper will continue to explore the motif of the American dream over the next year.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2024
• This film explores the hopes, dreams and fears of a Southeast Asian parent for his daughter, pursuing the American dream.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023
• Within moments, Mike and Archie get into it over race and economics and the American dream.
  — Vulture, 6 Dec. 2023
• Homeownership has always been one of the hallmarks of the American dream.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2023
• In the end, Brown’s debut feature explores the poisonous heart of the American dream sparking a nightmare for all involved.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Oct. 2023
• Their struggles track the challenges many people are facing in achieving the American dream.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2023
• Overall, Gen Z-ers are also far more skeptical about the pursuit of the American dream than their elders.
  — Michèle Lamont, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
• For many citizens, the American dream has been downsized.
  — Ro Khanna, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
• Home ownership was supposed to be the American dream, the thing to which the entire middle class could not only aspire but also achieve.
  — E. J. Antoni, National Review, 21 Oct. 2023
• Even in a frozen housing market, some are living out the American dream by purchasing a home, getting a mortgage, and putting just 3.5% down.
  — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 May 2024
• Homeownership used to be an attainable goal for most adults—the epitome of the American dream come true.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2024
• Early homeownership long has been part of the American dream.
  — Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
• But Walz is hoping Vance’s experiences will be seen by voters less as a sign of achieving the American dream through hard work than cronyism among a wealthy elite.
  — David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Aug. 2024
• The frustration stems from Gavai’s long and uncertain journey to citizenship — a process many face while vying for a piece of the American dream.
  — Tom Li, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
• California always has and always will embody the American dream, that each of us matters and each of us belongs.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• For some of the longtime Korean merchants, the swap meet’s decline is a depressing end to their careers, even as their toil there has earned them a modest version of the American dream.
  — Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• Is this sometimes tongue-and-cheek or knee-jerk militancy a disguise for the pursuit of the American dream, which is exported worldwide by way of Black music?
  — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• Americans revised the idea of the American dream to its current iteration, which was the idea that America has the right circumstances.
  — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
• About the everyday Black people, like her parents and herself, fulfilling the American dream.
  — Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2024
• There’s little narration except the women’s interviews, but the point is clear anyway: Few, if any of these women are getting the American dream.
  — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024