daydreamed

past tense of daydream

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreamed
Verb
  • The talented artist quickly became fluent in English, found work at a pizzeria and dreamed of becoming a veterinary assistant.
    Holly Yan, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • There are more vibrant reds and glowing greens on heaven and earth here than are dreamed of in your typical color palette.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • According to psychiatrist interviews conducted with his younger sister, Allyn, Kemper cut the hands off of her doll, beheaded and dismembered the family cat, and fantasized about executions and gas chambers.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Sure, Timothy stole a gun and fantasized about killing his wife and son, but the gun is gone.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Founders envisioned a Nation in which religious voices and views are integral to a vibrant public square and human flourishing and in which religious people and institutions are free to practice their faith without fear of discrimination or hostility from the Government.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Wharton envisioned gardens as architectural compositions just like houses and structures, in a series of outdoor rooms that elegantly co-exist with the natural landscape.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Those who only fantasized about positive outcomes showed lower systolic blood pressure than those who visualized success and then thought through potential obstacles and backup plans.
    Big Think, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Two batters later, Kiner-Falefa visualized redemption.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Butler never imagined Zimmerer – a typically non-spontaneous person – would drop everything to book a flight and travel more than 1,500 miles from Nebraska to be there.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Longo is known for his photorealistic paintings and drawings, but many of his works are an amalgamation of images real, imagined, and tweaked.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wales' women went into the World Cup with a higher ranking than Scotland but have now dropped to 10th and are underdogs against Canada, needing victory to save their tournament as Scotland are fancied to beat outsiders Fiji in Saturday's second game at the Salford Community Stadium.
    Mark Gleeson, Reuters, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Trump's first term was plagued by internal sabotage from bureaucrats and agency officers who fancied themselves a coequal branch of government.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Yabu Pushelberg envisaged the Mei lacquered wood chairs inspired by Ming dynasty craftsmanship and the Lian modular sofa, both of which feature in the main HC28 Maison collection.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Perhaps Harari’s cognitive revolution went something like what was envisaged by Harvard professor of human evolutionary biology Joseph Henrich.
    Madeleine Beekman August 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Every trip to the electric chair is horrifying; a sequence where an intentionally botched execution ignites a still-living prisoner's screaming head in ghoulish blue flames is up there with any supernatural fright King's ever conceived.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Each project is conceived as an immersive cultural experience, blending interiors with hospitality and lifestyle.
    Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Daydreamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydreamed. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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