daydream
noun
a reverie indulged in while awake.
was daydreaming
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past progressiveof daydream.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“When they were younger, I was daydreaming about the days that I would be an empty-nester,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
“I just felt like I was daydreaming out loud — not really pitching,” Wang says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
He was daydreaming about his next race in Spain when he saw the other car driving straight towards him.
From The Verge ● Jul. 14, 2022
I was daydreaming, enjoying the silence, when we spotted a woman, only a dozen yards from us, silhouetted against the sun.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 11, 2019
I took out my book industriously, but halfway through rechecking the first problem I was daydreaming, watching the sunlight play on the red-barked trees.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
