daydreaming

Example Sentences

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When a promotion affords her a workspace, she cultivates a fixation with paperweights, which help keep her daydreaming grounded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Harold’s people, like me, well they could be found daydreaming in cemeteries or sipping coffee on the stoops of abandoned houses.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

On Monday, that daydreaming lad from Lancashire raced at his fifth and final Olympics, his retirement imminent at the age of 39 after a career that has cemented his place as Britain's greatest Alpine skier.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Along with daydreaming, discuss what you’re really willing to sacrifice.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 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