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the state of daydreaming- I was lost in reverie and missed her third point.
- LINDNER (TO MAMA in her reverie) Then I would like to appeal to you, Mrs. Younger.Lorraine Hansberry -- A Raisin in the Sun
- The approach of his horse seemed to recall him from his reverie, and he at once mounted.Horace Porter -- Lee Surrenders to Grant
- He lay in a sort of reverie: one thought followed another.Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- Crime and Punishment
- There were flaring lust, inward reverie, glowing melancholy, anguished dying, radiant birth.Hermann Hesse -- Steppenwolf
- The mystical reveries of saints that had once filled him with awe in the still hours of night, now vaguely repelled him.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- This Side of Paradise
- At the mention of his name, Fiedler seemed to wake from the reverie into which he had sunk, and Liz looked at him consciously for the first time.John Le Carre -- The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
- With that last thought Nancy roused herself from her reverie, and turned her eyes again towards the forsaken page.George Eliot -- Silas Marner
- Thomas Stone said, abruptly, breaking into my reverie.Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
- Poirot started out of a reverie.Agatha Christie -- The ABC Murders
- "—she let herself fall into a moment's reverie.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- For in reverie you cannot rise above your achievements nor fall lower than your failures.Kahlil Gibran -- The Prophet
- Here Mr. Curtain paused, his face adopting an expression of fond reverie.Trenton Lee Stewart -- The Mysterious Benedict Society
- Absorbed in a profound reverie, he only saw the edge of his snow-white cuffs emerging from the sleeves of his black coat.Nikolai Gogol -- The Nose
- My dear man, this is the time to come out of your scientific reverie and act!Sinclair Lewis -- Arrowsmith
- He seemed to have abandoned himself to a reverie, and to be seeing pleasing visions in the amber bead.Kate Chopin -- The Awakening
- I was alone; none were near me to dissipate the gloom and relieve me from the sickening oppression of the most terrible reveries.Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein
- The reverie is shattered, and with it all the joy of Washington's postwar celebration.Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln
- As the sights of this hated city passed in front of my eyes, I sank into reverie.Betty Mahmoody -- Not Without My Daughter
- This reverie was broken as more bolts and nuts bounded down the superstructure onto the car's roof.Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City