Example Sentences

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"Imagining it actually attacking like that... it could be terrifying to face."

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Imagining these scenarios can help you evaluate the viability of your community’s infrastructure in disasters of many kinds.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2023

"Imagining each of these individual molecular LEGOs will emit at different wavelengths, one can in principle design a semiconductor material that would emit an arbitrary color by selecting different molecular octahedral LEGOs," he explained.

From Science Daily • Sep. 28, 2023

Imagining the biography of a child you didn’t have is a common trope, but Dora isn’t conjuring these figures because she feels guilty about Benjamin.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2023

Imagining that I, too, was hurrying toward gayety and sharing their intimate excitement, I wished them well.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald