Example Sentences

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This, after all, was not how Wales had imagined Tuesday would play out.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

A day’s work on a “no-budget” film is even less rewarding than she had imagined; she lasted all of two episodes on “The Traitors.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

She could travel to Anna Maria Island along the Florida coast as she had imagined.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

He had wanted to make a “feminist perspective of women during wartime,” writes Stewart, while Hawn had imagined the film as a sugary rom-com.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

Arranged by the mayor of Maplewood, the parade and subsequent activities far surpassed anything I had imagined.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad