daydreamed

past tense of daydream

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreamed
Verb
  • Having once dreamed a modern India would be able to move past divisions of religion and caste, Jinnah became disillusioned.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Brooks, in particular, Panthers fans have dreamed about for years.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That top-line starting pitcher everyone fantasized over all offseason?
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Rewind to 1953, and commercial artist Harry Birdsall fantasized about building a luxury convertible coupe in Harley Earl’s style, but one that could actually be purchased.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As currently envisioned, the LISA mission will be led by the European Space Agency, with significant contributions from the United States.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026
  • As part of this, the Power Tower is envisioned by Blue Origin as the core of a microgrid of such towers connected together to charge rovers, habitats, and mining or ISRU (In-Situ Resource Utilization) processing units.
    — David Szondy October 07, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Fraser’s sculptures at the Whitney realize, in three dimensions, the sacrifice that de Monteflores’s paintings had visualized decades earlier.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • And Russia’s true position – and with it Putin’s dilemma – can be visualized in a split screen of competing perspectives.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Atlanta artist Robell Awake never imagined his work might be in featured in his hometown art museum one day.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 4 Oct. 2026
  • As an adolescent, Winston could hardly have imagined the cascading effect of his shrewd eye for color and clarity.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Guadagnino comes at Bertolucci from many angles, even claiming to have fancied him as a younger man, but facts and figures don’t really seem to enter into his concept of biography.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Speaking of singing pirates, Curry clearly fancied these kinds of roles, signing on to play the villainous Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Brian Henson’s musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • What Jefferson envisaged, in contrast, was an unyielding north-south grid of continental proportions.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The building projects envisaged by the tech industry are on a truly staggering scale.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Kentucky Boy was conceived of by Old Forester assistant master distiller Caleb Trigo and Woodford Reserve master distiller Elizabeth McCall as a tribute to Morris for his 50th anniversary with Brown-Forman.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The idea for a Great Chicago Fire Festival dated back to Chicago’s failed Olympic bid in 2009, when it was conceived as part of the ceremonies, a Redmoon Theater spokesperson told the Tribune.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
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“Daydreamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydreamed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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