daydreams 1 of 2

plural of daydream

daydreams

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of daydream

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of daydreams
Verb
Ellen retreats to her room and daydreams of her father, who understood his headstrong daughter. Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025 In the Netflix dramedy Too Much, a brokenhearted American, Jess, makes the move across the pond, inspired in part by daydreams of stately castles, rolling green hills and dashing gentlemen professing their ardent admiration. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreams
Noun
  • One of them was Segar, his former coworker, who was in the middle of his workday and didn’t have the bandwidth to engage with Jon’s fantasies about a cataclysmic event.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Likewise, be careful about major purchases, because an element of confusion, along with possible deceit (including fantasies of grandeur), might cloud your thinking.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The rebels, led by Deepak Rauniyar and Binod Paudel, fired off a scathing letter to the Academy demanding a full investigation and threatening to blow up Nepal’s Oscar dreams entirely.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Bend it Like Beckham follows Jess Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) who dreams of becoming a professional soccer player.
    Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After escaping the Grabber’s (Ethan Hawke) clutches and putting his killing spree to a permanent end in The Black Phone, Finney investigates a winter camp with his younger sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), who’s had visions of the killer stalking three young boys from beyond the grave.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2025
  • As natural disasters erupt, Virginia flees Detroit with her son Joshua, guided by visions that suggest her child is central to an ancient prophecy.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Patriots used motion to set up fakes and trick the Panthers defense, and for the most part, the illusions paid off.
    Mike Kaye September 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
  • As represented by Camus, absurdism emphasizes accepting the absurdity of life and finding joy without illusions, often through gallows humor.
    Big Think, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Qualcomm’s Oryon 3rd-gen architecture and Snapdragon X2 chip imagines a future of personal computing with a focus on CPU and AI performance.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Enter Jennifer Lawrence, with a decidedly more laidback take that imagines ripped jeans as an elevated basic.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Dinkins, who was named one of Time’s Most Influential People in AI, interviewed people in African American communities in the Bay Area to get the oral histories that the project’s artificial intelligence uses to generate immersive projections on 14-foot walls — images the move and evolve.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
  • And that film was shown repeatedly on television, while still images blanketed newspapers.
    Time, Time, 20 Sep. 2025

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“Daydreams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydreams. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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