daydream

My Venus is in Pisces, and I feel like all I can do is daydream about the unrequited love I have and the objects of my desire who will never know I even exist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

"That's what life's about, right? You daydream and you dream about the biggest things possible. Then you try and make it a reality."

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

The success of the bearded, ass-kicking Ranger marked a stunning reversal of fortune for Norris, who grew up a shy, unathletic child, who "used to daydream about being strong...to beat up the bullies".

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

There, the mother darns socks and sweeps the endless dust, while the thoroughly American children daydream in midcentury fantasia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

I began to daydream that I had a pretty modern house and a pretty modern dress just like the people on the screen.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Researchers have begun poking around in our musical daydreams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

"The office cubicle has trapped me again," he says as he daydreams of a holiday on the continent.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

Brian Bartelt, who grew up in Appleton, said his wife sometimes daydreams about warmer weather, but he sees no need to look elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026

“I’ve had all sorts of daydreams about every pitching thing possible as a kid — relieving, closing out a game, starting in the World Series,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025

In the thick of play, his daydreams were so vivid that a glimpse of reality would have shocked him.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

And while the women of Chinatown’s faraway past may have daydreamed and even plotted their escapes, See keeps going back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Commander Murphy likened Khalife to the self-aggrandising fictional character Walter Mitty, who daydreamed about extraordinary personal triumphs.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024

For years, April had daydreamed about seeing Hunter again, imagining that he would still be the little boy she remembered.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2024

But since his death on Apr. 1, their mother, Inshirah — who once daydreamed of seeing Saifeddin get married — has been unable to accept that he is gone.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2024

While I worked, I daydreamed about going to the Vets dances and played rock ’n’ roll tunes in my head.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

Levy told the crowd that he and Gosling spent a lot of their downtime on set daydreaming about Ghost Rider and swapping ideas.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

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

When we’re daydreaming and ruminating and self-reflecting and mentally time-traveling or imagining other people’s thoughts, we’re not present.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

I don’t remember the impact of their split, but later, my mother told me my first-grade teacher said I had started daydreaming after being very attentive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

Do I give myself away, daydreaming, smiling at nothing, touching my face lightly when I think they aren’t watching?

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood