The dream persists, the belief that in the end the island will live up to expectations, and that if it doesn't, there will always be another island.

The dream persisted throughout her stay at Valois.

The dream persists even though the form it takes keeps changing.

But this time the dream persisted, the altar shimmered and was suddenly empty except for the bone knife.

Yet the dream persists.

As the years passed, my dreams to be a teacher persisted.

But isn't that precisely what is needed in a world that can no longer be controlled by a military model of reality, though the dream persists?

But the dream persisted.

The dream persisted as they passed HMS Discovery on their left, resting calmly at her last mooring.

Although he repeatedly played down expectations that he would one day mount his own political climb, the dream persisted.