Such a wish was a mere dream that no one, especially the commanding general, should base his plan on.

Things that are now mere dreams had become projects deliberately put in hand and carried forward.

But syullf-tha was more than a mere dream by now.

Everything is a mere idle dream in this life.

"They show first of all that Hawking radiation is not a mere theoretical dream, but something real."

Either the visions are from inside, mere dreams, disorders of the brain and the belly.

Was it possible for a mere dream to be so compelling?

The prince certainly seemed more overwrought than a mere bad dream would warrant.

I now clearly see it was a mere dream.

Well, I've got a reality instead of a mere dream.