daydream
noun
a reverie indulged in while awake.
were 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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You will spend the rest of your life haunted by the fact that you didn’t save that surfer and/or get that shot because you were daydreaming about enrolling in coding bootcamp or something.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2021
When we talked ahead of the launch of “Brooklyn,” you said that you were daydreaming of using this role to get out of speeding tickets and to get more free doughnuts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2017
Mason did not directly measure mind wandering during the scans, however, so she could not determine exactly when subjects were “on task” and when they were daydreaming.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 22, 2014
His threats were "daydreaming" or "play-acting" to impress German generals who wanted to slow him down.
From Time Magazine Archive
