How to Use reverie in a Sentence

reverie

noun
  • I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late.
  • The sight shocks him out of his reverie.
    — Roy Scranton august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
  • He was jolted out of his reverie by a whiff of guano in the breeze.
    — Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Drag queens will not hunt you down and force you to join their joyful reverie.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Someone who, with a kiss, can snap me out of my self-pitying reverie.
    — Gabrielle Ulubay, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Deeds fell into a reverie at his desk and the wide grin of a proud father spread across his face.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The throaty roar of a nearby lion startled me out of my reverie.
    — Christine Chitnis, ELLE, 24 May 2022
  • His thoughts melt into a single reverie.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Reaching the end of the slideshow is a bit like waking from a fashion reverie.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Her initial reverie was cut short by the piercing buzz of his cordless drill.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
  • What connects the suburban reverie and the wild ride around the world?
    — New York Times, 5 Feb. 2021
  • But for a reverie of reach and touch; The ancient, fingered dark.
    — Ann Lauterbach, The New York Review of Books, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The strings are lush and dreamlike, like being lulled into reverie.
    — Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
  • His state of trance-like reverie reminds me that our species’ connection to fire is very, very old.
    — M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But he’s been shaken out of his solipsistic reverie.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The sexy Eagle Bar was calling us to snap out of our reverie.
    — Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The first weeks of this tournament felt like a reverie for Russia.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 July 2018
  • Some writers are naturally drawn to this kind of reverie.
    — Erin Somers, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The grand reverie of trans-faith communion was no more, and religion now seemed to bring the sword more than peace.
    — Matthew Sitman, The New Republic, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Is this moment, in fact, one of her dreams—spurred by the reverie update from Season 1?
    — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Stiles didn’t mind revealing the shiny shards of his bohemian rhapsody in a barstool reverie.
    — Damian Panetta, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
  • And thanks to Gaylord Hotels, our reverie just got so much better.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2020
  • But which of the two will rouse from their reverie to act when two young girls paddling in a canoe suddenly face danger?
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Her words throw Max into a reverie, reliving his past in light of his parents’ lies.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But then John Delaney spoke up to break the socialist reverie.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 June 2019
  • Out of this reverie, Wilson called us to lunch, telling us to keep an eye out for bears, which roam the valley below.
    — Tess Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Ring the bell, sound the trumpets reverie, something is done, something is beginning.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Wick’s reverie seems to signal the end of his character’s demon-battling.
    — Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The relaxation area, lined with loungers facing the sea, is perfect for post-treatment reverie with herbal tea and a view.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • The woman, in profile, in a deep reverie, her eyes dreamily downcast, holds the letter with both hands.
    — Teju Cole, New York Times, 25 May 2023

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