Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Previous banknotes have pictured other national figures including novelist Charles Dickens, physicist and chemist Michael Faraday, composer Edward Elgar, nurse Florence Nightingale and architect Christopher Wren.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

“I don’t really think I could have pictured it any other way, any other place, so I’m thrilled to have that opportunity.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 30, 2023

"I definitely wouldn't have pictured that for myself when I was a kid!"

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2023

She's right, and in ways that a grandmother in the 1990s couldn't have pictured.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2023

I have pictured it many times—Hope!—wondering how I would catch such a thing one-handed, if it did come floating down to me from the sky.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver