daydream

The reward, for him, was in the doing, in taking a daydream and forming it into an idea that he could shape into something real in the world, blending the mundane and the macabre.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 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

“Will,” my mother’s voice says, sternly, cutting right through my daydream of fresh powder.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Researchers have begun poking around in our musical daydreams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

What emerges in our musical daydreams might be something to hold on to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

As long as J.D.’s daydreams and goofy bromance with Turk remain, I’m all in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 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

I’d had pathetic daydreams and silly fantasies and had devoted many pages in my journal to entirely forgettable people I’d known and quickly discarded over the years.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

"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

Vincent‘s purchase came after years of perusing yard sales and thrift stores with her mother. She loves PBS’ “Antiques Roadshow” and has daydreamed many times of this kind of lottery ticket-level transaction.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023

I daydreamed constantly about working at Zimmerman’s that summer to save me the embarrassment of the stupid uniform, but I knew Mr. Zimmerman didn’t hire people under seventeen.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

“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

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

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

I join them on the steps, daydreaming about our lives back in Phnom Penh when I was happy.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung