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Meanings of daydreaming in English
Absentminded dreaming while awake.
Synonyms
Examples for "reverie"
Examples for "reverie"
1
However, I'm all for that moment of reverie at time of crackup.
2
It took Batou's words to bring the Major out of her reverie.
3
She was lost in reverie before it, just as in the morning.
4
Hardin answered, half in reverie: Yes, I never completed my studies, though.
5
Jasper was interrupted in his reverie by the entrance of the jailor.
1
I daydream and wonder why we have remained friends over the years.
2
Fangell starts talking, but after a few minutes I start to daydream.
3
But it's the croquettes that I'll daydream about for weeks to come.
4
Many of us shared the same daydream: what if Pokemon were real?
5
The social counterfactuals, the mash-up that always happens naturally when we daydream.
1
Perhaps it had only touched some note in unison with her revery.
2
The bustle around seemed to waken the mother from a wretched revery.
3
I sat thus for some time, lost in painful and humiliating revery.
4
The revery into which he had fallen was broken by his father.
5
The professor goes on stroking his head, and drops into a revery.
1
All daydreaming builds this air castle; all ambition has this as its goal.
2
He snuggled down and began to build an air castle.
3
Migwan's air castle tumbled about her ears.
4
There came the air castle again, floating alluringly before his eager imagination, like a mirage lake in the desert.
5
He forgot his beautiful air castle, and even let Annie Lee slip from his mind for the time being.
1
And Clarice's first castle in the air fell into pieces behind her.
2
Shall we build a castle in the air to suit our inheritance?
3
This was the nice castle in the air that Willie built.
4
Upon this foundation they raised a shining castle in the air.
5
Here was no castle in the air, but a realized day-dream.
1
The noblest castle in Spain is the museum on the Prado.
2
To them the whole story was no more than a castle in Spain.
3
The oranges make me think I'm in a castle in Spain!
4
And so you didn't know what a castle in Spain was?
5
A castle founded on such a rock was not a castle in Spain!
Usage of daydreaming in English
1
No, it's become increasingly important because there's very little daydreaming time left.
2
And he talks about all the great ideas he's had while daydreaming.
3
Perfect for daydreaming about being outside in the sun with your friends.
4
Next you'll be daydreaming about food that doesn't come from a can.
5
They say he's daydreaming in class and is unconcerned with his performance.
6
Plenty of the fellows were doing more than just daydreaming about it.
7
It was a familiar fantasy spun out in her daydreaming since childhood.
8
She looked as if she might be daydreaming about something vaguely pleasant.
9
The guard was gazing out to the Grampian Mountains, daydreaming or something.
10
The clerk, obviously daydreaming, sat bolt upright when he noticed Commander Ironfist.
11
Kelonen ordered his acolyte to quit daydreaming and pick up the pace.
12
Jaar makes organic, fullbodied soul music for daydreaming space cowboys and cowgirls.
13
Since rumors of the Pottermore website began, my husband has been daydreaming.
14
Stop daydreaming about the good things you used to do with that person.
15
The Dutch foreign minister, Bert Koedners, accused the UK of daydreaming.
16
He believes daydreaming essentially creates memories of events that haven't happened.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Daydreaming through the time
Daydreaming across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common