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- noun Plural form of
reverie . - noun Plural form of
revery .
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Examples
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The effect is never disorienting, thanks to Allen Lee Hughes's resonant lighting design, which helps distinguish flashbacks and reveries from the main narrative.
Theater review of 'Locomotion' at the Kennedy Center Family Theater Celia Wren 2010
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Writing Mata Hari in short reveries was just a natural progression that developed from my fascination with the short form.
Free Giveaway and Loaded Questions with "Signed, Mata Hari" author, Yannick Murphy 2007
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Writing Mata Hari in short reveries was just a natural progression that developed from my fascination with the short form.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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Hour after hour did I sit on the forward guards, waiting for the rising of the moon, and lost in reveries suggested by the occasion.
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It must have been that spot, because I still recall the reveries where I inflicted revenge, earning the awe and respect of all.
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I pause, again breathless, to trace, with renewed delight, sentiments which entranced me, when, turning my humid eyes from the expanse below to the vault above, my sight pierced the fleecy clouds that softened the azure brightness; and imperceptibly recalling the reveries of childhood, I bowed before the awful throne of my Creator, whilst I rested on its footstool.
Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark 2003
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The music and our reveries were alike abruptly banished by a sharp blow upon the door.
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I pause, again breathless, to trace, with renewed delight, sentiments which entranced me, when, turning my humid eyes from the expanse below to the vault above, my sight pierced the fleecy clouds that softened the azure brightness; and imperceptibly recalling the reveries of childhood, I bowed before the awful throne of my Creator, whilst I rested on its footstool.
Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark Mary Wollstonecraft 1778
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With these kind of reveries I used often to entertain myself, and shorten the time till my return; and now, being as in my original free African state, I embarked on board the Nancy, after having got all things ready for our voyage.
The Life of Olaudah Equiano Or Gustavus Vassa The African Equiano, Olaudah 1789
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With these kind of reveries I used often to entertain myself, and shorten the time till my return; and now, being as in my original free African state, I embarked on board the Nancy, after having got all things ready for our voyage.
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