daydream
noun
a reverie indulged in while awake.
daydreamy
-
a word derived from
daydream.
Example Sentences
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Laced with daydreamy pedal steel, the clear-eyed “Love & Harm” is some of the DIY mainstay’s more accessible work and also among his best.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
If your son grows up to be a daydreamy, time-averse artist, I wish him a partner who is untroubled by it, and with luck even supportive of it.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2019
Johnson wore a white Jets baseball cap, a knapsack over both shoulders and a daydreamy expression that made him look like an overgrown third grader who collects toy trains and terrible quarterbacks.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2018
I grew into a daydreamy kid, a bit of a ham, prone to musical interludes and baroque slapstick routines, reading books about séances, invertebrates, the Loch Ness Monster.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2015
He liked to fix things with his hands; it made him feel peaceful and calm and daydreamy, and he was patient with a jammed clock.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
