Example Sentences

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The biggest missing piece is the church’s main entrance, known as the Glory Facade, which Gaudí envisaged at the top of a monumental staircase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Amid the Brazilian's collapse in form, Mainoo ended up battling for a start with Casemiro, which wasn't a situation he envisaged.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Macron said later Sunday that France had had "never envisaged" a naval deployment in the Strait of Hormuz but rather a security mission that would be "coordinated with Iran".

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

The latest retreat in Mali could spell the end of the adventurism in Africa that Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin envisaged as Russia’s route to riches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Richard envisaged somebody young and alert like their houseboy, Ugwu, but Harrison turned out to be a small stooped stick of a man, middle-aged, wearing an oversize white shirt that stopped below his knees.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie