variants
or less commonly revery
plural reveries
1
: daydream
2
: the condition of being lost in thought
Examples of reverie in a Sentence
I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late.
Recent Examples on the Web
Pilling argues that Japan is now too internally diverse and too forward-looking to succumb to nationalist reveries about the past.
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Margarita Estévez-Abe, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2014
These are not quite nightmares, and not quite reveries, but images dispatched from some liminal zone between the two, which is perhaps where the murky waters of our minds run the deepest.
—Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
Instead, this five-episode reverie offers a dark, funny exploration of the 31-year-old’s attempt to exist outside of the spotlight in Long Beach, Calif.
—EW.com, 9 July 2024
The end result is an utter reverie, an intoxicating mix of styles and references that combine to make a singular home full of wit and whimsy.
—Ken Fulk, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2024
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Margarita Estévez-Abe, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2014
These are not quite nightmares, and not quite reveries, but images dispatched from some liminal zone between the two, which is perhaps where the murky waters of our minds run the deepest.
—Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
Instead, this five-episode reverie offers a dark, funny exploration of the 31-year-old’s attempt to exist outside of the spotlight in Long Beach, Calif.
—EW.com, 9 July 2024
The end result is an utter reverie, an intoxicating mix of styles and references that combine to make a singular home full of wit and whimsy.
—Ken Fulk, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for reverie
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“Reverie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverie. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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reverie
noun
rev·er·ie
variants
also revery
plural reveries
1
2
: the condition of being lost in thought
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