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How to pronounce reverie in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms air castle, castle in spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, revery
Type of dream, dreaming
Type Words
Synonyms revery
Type of abstractedness, abstraction
Has types brown study, dream

Examples of reverie

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Miss Spalding returned and interrupted our reverie with the closing of the book.
From the theatlantic.com
Wearing his new red hunting cap, he begins a book, but his reverie is temporary.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A senior member of my subcommittee interrupted my reverie by beckoning me over.
From the washingtonpost.com
Following a nostalgic reverie, the Cosmopolitan Cabaret now has class in session.
From the sacbee.com
Before you interrupt my starry-eyed fantasy, let me enjoy my moment of reverie.
From the psychcentral.com
A mystical electric reverie ensued in the form of this dramatic epic from Harvest.
From the theepochtimes.com
So what on earth are you talking about, are you in a reverie or are you for real ?
From the economist.com
The reverie was broken by the appearance of a man who came to take away the trunk.
From the gutenberg.org
While I lingered in a reverie that spanned the continents, I heard water trickling.
From the kansas.com
More examples
  • Absentminded dreaming while awake
  • An abstracted state of absorption
  • This is a list of compositions by Claude Debussy, organized by genre. For a list organized by Lesure numbers, see List of compositions by Claude Debussy by Lesure Numbers.
  • "Reverie" is an instrumental piece of music by Elton John. It is the tenth track off his 1978 album, A Single Man. It is the shortest track in his back catalogue, clocking at 52 seconds.
  • Reverie is the official debut recording by The Triffids, released as a 7" EP in November, 1982.
  • A fit of abstracted musing, a day dream.
  • A state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing
  • Reverie is a hypnoidal state that one re-enjoys events from the past. The reverie experience, however vivid, usually retains a degree of awareness of the present.