reverie

Example Sentences

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The remark startled Penelope out of her reverie, for “Penny” is what Miss Mortimer always called her, and no one else ever did.

From Literature

A familiar voice from behind me brought me out of my reverie.

From Literature

The six-bedroom home is described in its listing as an “architectural reverie” that draws “respectful inspiration from the Chumash people,” a Native American tribe that once occupied the land.

From MarketWatch

This moves the contact into the seldom used “X file,” where I can, in my moments of reverie, review and remind myself of those once treasured relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now, shaken from a reverie, reality collides with illusion at the languid pace of a stream.

From Salon