Word – Reverie

Reverie – Word of the Day

Meaning:

A state of being lost in one’s thoughts

Origin:

Reverie comes from the old French word rever, which means “to be delirious”.

Examples:

1. His reverie was broken by the ring of his cellphone.
2. I was lost in a reverie and almost missed my flight
3. A slam of the door disturbed my afternoon reverie.
4. The balmy warmth of the day was enough to send even the most focussed person into a reverie.
5. I was roused from my reverie by laughing in the corridor.
6. She was rudely jolted from her reverie by a crying baby in the seat next to her.
7. I slipped into a reverie that evening, which was broken by a frightful blood-curdling scream.
8. One of the underrated joys of life, is to slip into a reverie, with no immediate worries.
9. I shook myself out of my reverie when I saw that my companion was injured.
10. The cowboy’s reverie in the saloon was broken by the sound of gunshots outside.