daydream

Example Sentences

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In many cases, you and I and complete strangers daydream alike to the same songs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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

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

This kind of thinking is everywhere: Blue Origin is sending Katy Perry way high up into the sky, a stunt to help sell a sci-fi daydream of one day taking a bus to Moon.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2025

A distant rumbling snapped me out of my daydream.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez