daydreaming
- present participle of daydream.
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
Sophie compared it to daydreaming, but is completely unaware of what she does in those moments and they leave her feeling drained and exhausted.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 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
She doesn’t need many words to create an entire landscape, and repeatedly, the reader will find that they’re daydreaming right alongside our heroine.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2025
With my fingers too cold to write legibly I huddled next to the fireplace, daydreaming about how several DNA chains could fold together in a pretty and hopefully scientific way.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
