imagine
verb (used with object)
to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
have been imagining
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present perfect progressiveof imagine.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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But Timothy Burbery of Marshall University believes Dante may have been imagining something much more physical and destructive.
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
Sade reveals the utopia she and her girlfriend, along with other fellow inmates, have been imagining, a collective portrait of a peaceful haven for “free formerly incarcerated Black girls.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025
Instead, Twitter users have been imagining who else could appear in the Barbie Cinematic Universe.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2023
We have been imagining and describing one of those ostensible eternities — the afterlife — for millenniums.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
I may have been imagining the double meaning in her words.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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