daydream

Example Sentences

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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

She knows that writers need nonwriting jobs and suggests ones with room to daydream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

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

It also brings back certain lightness in pop music that's much needed for escape and fall into the daydream of Carpenter's blissful, color-filled world.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2024

If only, right now, on that bench across the hearth — But what ridiculous daydream was this?

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare