Example Sentences

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When I finished reading, I realized that what I had been picturing was all wrong: I had been imagining many, many actresses crammed on stage, when, actually, there was only ever one.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2014

Like any boy his age, his head was full of dreams of glory; no doubt he had been picturing the prowess he would display at Deepwood Motte.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The poor bird had been picturing all the fights —almost certainly picturing them quite wrong: nourishing a starved heart on secondhand accounts in secret: wondering whose token was in the place of honour today.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

He had been picturing her in happiness and plenty—was she in poverty and distress?

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir

We were not to take that awful leap into eternity which I had been picturing to myself.

From The Rifle Rangers by Reid, Mayne