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Meanings of oneirism in English
Absentminded dreaming while awake.
State of abnormal consciousness in which dream-like experiences and hallucinations happen while awake.
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Examples for "reverie"
Examples for "reverie"
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However, I'm all for that moment of reverie at time of crackup.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Perhaps it had only touched some note in unison with her revery.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!