daydreaming
Example Sentences
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You are standing in line alongside everyone else, daydreaming about whatever, when, out of the corner of your eye, you see a few men sprinting down the street in the opposite direction.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
Sophie compared it to daydreaming, but is completely unaware of what she does in those moments and they leave her feeling drained and exhausted.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
It won’t surprise you that nowadays our daydreaming time is shrinking, one more thing squashed by social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
She doesn’t need many words to create an entire landscape, and repeatedly, the reader will find that they’re daydreaming right alongside our heroine.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2025
Now, the morning of her birthday, Ivy stuffed herself with Mr. Bishop’s famous maple-and-brown-sugar pancakes, bacon, and orange juice, daydreaming about her dress.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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