had imagined
- past perfect of imagine.
Example Sentences
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"But discovering a necropolis of this scale was completely unexpected: the size of distribution, the depth and the age range were far beyond anything we had imagined," Xiaotong Peng said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
That dream came true three years ago, though not quite in the way Mayo had imagined.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
This, after all, was not how Wales had imagined Tuesday would play out.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
"You know, 'it mustn't happen again. We cannot inflict this on our children'. There was astonishment, a shock realisation that the war had been so much more horrible than anyone had imagined it could be."
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
The room was smaller than I had imagined.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
