- present participle of daydream.
daydreaming
Example Sentences
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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
On Monday, that daydreaming lad from Lancashire raced at his fifth and final Olympics, his retirement imminent at the age of 39 after a career that has cemented his place as Britain's greatest Alpine skier.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
Mr. Foster was initially awestruck, but he soon found himself daydreaming and thinking about what to eat for lunch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
This takes more effort than you might think, because the room is too small for pacing and too dingy for daydreaming, should I have been calm enough to give that a try.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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