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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

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