variants
also revery
as in trance
the state of being lost in thought
I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late
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Recent Examples of reverie
His thoughts melt into a single reverie.
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Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
The train from London cut through the verdant English countryside like a dreamy reverie.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 26 Feb. 2026
This time, the soloist was the stellar emerging pianist Yunchan Lim, who keeps to himself, either lost in dreamy reverie or, like a jumpy teenager, in ferocious attack mode.
—Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Suddenly a crowd is just there, vibrating to the sounds in ecstatic reverie.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
The train from London cut through the verdant English countryside like a dreamy reverie.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 26 Feb. 2026
This time, the soloist was the stellar emerging pianist Yunchan Lim, who keeps to himself, either lost in dreamy reverie or, like a jumpy teenager, in ferocious attack mode.
—Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Suddenly a crowd is just there, vibrating to the sounds in ecstatic reverie.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for reverie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reverie
Noun
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Pulling us into a trance-like state.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
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Throughout much of Buddhist history, and particularly in Theravada Buddhist contexts, mindfulness and its associated meditation methods have been the purview of mendicants (monks and nuns), who used mindfulness meditation to achieve trance states (jhana) leading to nirvana.—
Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But across the rest of the record, whether retelling or daydreaming, Hawke maintains a writerly attention to assonance and rhyme.—
Caitlin Wolper Phillips,
Pitchfork,
4 May 2026
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Nothing wrong with idealizing and daydreaming, but to a certain extent.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Reverie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reverie. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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