variants
or less commonly revery
plural reveries
Examples of reverie in a Sentence
I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late.
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Straight out of an interstellar sci-fi reverie, the six-suite Echo camp fuses fictional space commander-style architecture with astro-chic interiors for up to 12 guests.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026
Even with its unnecessary detours, Singing reaches this wild reverie in the end—a voice reclaimed to report, softly, from the fathomless depths of the human experience.
—Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 29 Apr. 2026
The sexy Eagle Bar was calling us to snap out of our reverie.
—Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
Here, though, lovely poetic imagery is scrambled with old and alternate timelines, sending the reverie in unanticipated and often comic directions.
—Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026
Even with its unnecessary detours, Singing reaches this wild reverie in the end—a voice reclaimed to report, softly, from the fathomless depths of the human experience.
—Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 29 Apr. 2026
The sexy Eagle Bar was calling us to snap out of our reverie.
—Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
Here, though, lovely poetic imagery is scrambled with old and alternate timelines, sending the reverie in unanticipated and often comic directions.
—Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for reverie
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“Reverie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverie. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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reverie
noun
rev·er·ie
variants
also revery
plural reveries
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: the condition of being lost in thought
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