The recollection had the quality of a fading dream.

The recent past fell away like a fading dream.

His agitation seemed an aspect of my fading dream, and it was several moments before I could take in what he was saying.

And it is where the fading dreams of the county lie.

Afterward, that moment seemed like a fading dream.

That put an end to the fading dream of multi-ethnic coexistence.

It was as if Valley Hope was only a fading dream to them.

It flickered in my grasp, threatening to become the nonsense of a fading dream.

I have this fading dream of someday meeting a young psychiatrist who isn't an idealist.

The memory felt more like a fading dream.