Example Sentences

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Those who had imagined themselves eating an apple were more inclined to succumb to the potato chips than those who had visualized themselves eating the French fries.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2023

It was the first time scientists had visualized a human coronavirus spike protein in the initial form it took before latching onto cells.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2022

"I guess that's what I was thinking too and I just pretty much had visualized a lot of those scenes and stories I'd heard and seen on television or heard people talk about," he continued.

From Fox News • Sep. 11, 2021

From when he was picked in the 39th round of the 2015 draft, Walsh had visualized a breakthrough like that.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2021

Morgan had visualized genes as “beads on a string,” but even Morgan had no idea what his description meant in material form.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee