reverie
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Jones turned from her reverie and looked at Behar as if the latter were a bag of dog poop burning on her doorstep.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
This moves the contact into the seldom used “X file,” where I can, in my moments of reverie, review and remind myself of those once treasured relationships.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Now, shaken from a reverie, reality collides with illusion at the languid pace of a stream.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025
He is likely to find this reverie equally fantastical.
From Slate • May 8, 2025
But Penelope’s reverie about the Imperial Russian Ballet was soon drowned out by the ruckus of two ruddy-cheeked servants careening dangerously around the nursery, while the children stamped their feet to keep time.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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