hallucinate
verb (used without object)
to see or hear things that do not exist outside the mind; have hallucinations.
was hallucinating
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past progressiveof hallucinate.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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His wife Lorraine said she thought he was hallucinating when he said he had reindeers in his room.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
Cedric Lofton’s foster father called authorities in September 2021 seeking help because the 17-year-old was hallucinating and needed to go to a mental health facility.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2022
“It was horrific. I was hallucinating in the cargo hold because I couldn’t breathe properly,” said Robson.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2021
Here he is paying homage to Cherry Jones in the 1995 Broadway revival of “The Heiress,” a rave so lush that Jones later told Playbill she thought she was hallucinating when she read it:
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
She was so glad her brain supplied that explanation, because otherwise, she would have had to believe she was hallucinating.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
