daydream

Modern gadgets are damaging our ability to daydream, socialize and perceive the physical world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 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

Shortly after “My Name is Khan” was released, I wrote that the Mumbai film industry at times resembled “a cross between a Michael Moore daydream and an Al Jazeera documentary.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

For millennials and Gen Z kids like mine, there was once a golden era when you could just daydream all day about getting your invitation to Hogwarts without any associations with a full-time transphobe.

From Salon ● May 30, 2025

I watched more singing on television and added being a singing star to my daydream collection.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

And, occasionally, she wanders into daydreams that Hayakawa presents so matter-of-factly that viewers may sometimes be unsure if what they’re seeing is actually happening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Nolan Ryan’s fastball, the power of ritual, musical daydreams and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

Musical daydreams, Ms. Margulis writes, are “among the most profound confirmations that radical interconnectedness lies at the heart of human cognition.”

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

My ridiculous daydreams about confessing my true feelings to Trey had always been sprinkled with puns or jokes, strategies for laughing it off without missing a beat, if he wasn’t receptive.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

"I daydreamed a story," Hailey remembered on Desert Island Discs in 1986.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

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

There were days at the river when I did not pick up my book but only daydreamed like Chandra.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

“When they were younger, I was daydreaming about the days that I would be an empty-nester,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

The album concludes with another memory song – L.E.S – which finds Madonna daydreaming about an early crush on a guitar-playing boy from New York's Lower East Side.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 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

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

So you’ve become a pro at daydreaming while pretend-listening.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander