daydreamed

past tense of daydream

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreamed
Verb
  • Brooks, in particular, Panthers fans have dreamed about for years.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Kennedy and Eames, who’ve been friends since middle school, have both dreamed about opening a restaurant one day.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Rewind to 1953, and commercial artist Harry Birdsall fantasized about building a luxury convertible coupe in Harley Earl’s style, but one that could actually be purchased.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026
  • There was always a small part of him that fantasized about leaving it all behind and going to live off the grid.
    Steven Rowley, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • If Tom Ford as envisioned by the man himself felt like the most glamorous of nights out, Ackermann considers his iteration of the brand the liminal space that follows.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026
  • That facility is envisioned as a commercial-scale manufacturing plant capable of initially producing a few reactor reload batches per year and expanding over time.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Fraser’s sculptures at the Whitney realize, in three dimensions, the sacrifice that de Monteflores’s paintings had visualized decades earlier.
    Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • And Russia’s true position – and with it Putin’s dilemma – can be visualized in a split screen of competing perspectives.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Layers are everywhere in 2026, but this time the haircut is being imagined as less edgy and a bit softer—more flowing, more subtle.
    Lucy Binder, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2026
  • From the outset of the original life-size Gundam project, this has turned into something far greater than was initially imagined.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Speaking of singing pirates, Curry clearly fancied these kinds of roles, signing on to play the villainous Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Brian Henson’s musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • West Ham, Wolves and Burnley bring recent Premier League experience, while Middlesbrough, Southampton, Birmingham, Norwich and Sheffield United are all fancied ahead of Wrexham for promotion.
    Dean Jones, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Among the threats envisaged were missile strikes from neighboring Russia.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Tartus and the newer Hmeimim ultimately never realized the full strategic potential Moscow not long ago envisaged for them.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Offensive action is increasingly being conceived as a path to restoring deterrence.
    Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Cruise conceived the story for the racing movie,which was produced by Don Simpson and Bruckheimer.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026
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“Daydreamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydreamed. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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