in a daze

Example Sentences

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SZA’s Alyssa is a bohemian who bops around in a daze with painted flowers on her car and stuffed animals on her shoes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

I trundled home from the hospital in a daze, with my daughter in her pram.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

After hearing the bad news, Mr. Hill walks in a daze on the ship’s deck, eyes lost in the middle distance, the official regalia of his captain’s outfit rendered absurd.

From New York Times • May 5, 2024

“You really don’t have a choice. It kind of felt like I was in a daze yesterday, everything felt like it was going in slow motion. But I was able to have some good at-bats.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2024

So he sat there in a daze like everyone else, just as he had the first time, outside the village whose name he could not remember.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan