as in daydreaming
the state of being lost in thought
my woolgathering was abruptly interrupted by a question from the flight attendant
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Recent Examples of woolgathering
Today, woolgathering sounds harmless – one wanders contentedly among the hedgerows.
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Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2022
All this woolgathering about AGAD has inspired me to fire up the Idea Oven again for old time’s sake.
—Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2021
Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2022
All this woolgathering about AGAD has inspired me to fire up the Idea Oven again for old time’s sake.
—Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woolgathering
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Parham, a former Methodist married to a woman from a Quaker family, had come to Kansas from Iowa, after touring holiness camps and talking with global missionaries, some of whom told him about seeing recent converts slip into trances and speak in tongues.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Lady Gaga is in a trance from Lucy Dacus covering one of her Mayhem songs.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Woolgathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woolgathering. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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