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Examples
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Tarwater awoke, cooked his moose-meat, and fed the fire; but more and more time he spent in his torpor, unaware of what was day-dream and what was sleep-dream in the content of his unconsciousness.
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This film is quite literally my wet day-dream any day of the week.
[REVIEW] Zombieland « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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If we're to wake, just for a moment, from this drug-induced day-dream to glance at the facts, you must surely know that you are the most unequal industrialized society in the world, next to Singapore.
Kyle G. Brown: Have a Good Look, America, That's Democracy in the Making Kyle G. Brown 2011
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The exact moment in which, in spite of his resolutions, he had slid into the day-dream was as impossible to establish afterwards as the moment in which one falls asleep.
Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010
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Or day-dream, which is more fun but not THAT useful as a tool for acquiring language.
Motivating the unmotivated – Parts 1 & 2 – in the right order… « Ken Wilson's Blog 2010
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You need to be receptive, to day-dream a bit, to follow stray thoughts that might or might not lead somewhere and become useful.
Dr. Irene S. Levine: Deirdre Madden: Relationships with Family Help Shape Our Friendships 2010
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After two weeks, the scurvy grew worse and he sank deep into a torpor, unaware of what was day-dream and what was sleep-dream in the content of his unconsciousness.
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It sometimes happened, when Rubashov was walking to and fro, sunk in a day-dream or in meditation, that he started humming the refrain of an old march, the sign for which his ear had unconsciously registered.
Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010
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I absolutely love story books in the fantasy genre, as I love to day-dream and fantasize about my own imaginary realms where all things are possible.
Why did you become a reader? Glenda Larke 2010
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Or day-dream, which is more fun but not THAT useful as a tool for acquiring language.
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