Example Sentences

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Andrews said, “It’s about how you say it and the context. Like when I say ‘cactuses’ and ‘snakes,’ they are picturing those actual things.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2020

When they imagine the terrible riots that accompanied the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent, most people are picturing the bloodshed in the Punjab.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2015

When most people think about black holes, they are picturing stellar black holes.

From MSNBC • Nov. 2, 2014

He also stated that Infinity Ward has "interim leadership" in place, countering the fantasies of certain videogame news sites, who are picturing something akin to Lord of the Flies in there.

From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2010

If you are picturing Jocelyn Thew to yourself as a blackmailer, or anything of that sort, you are wrong.

From The Box with Broken Seals by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)