imagine
verb (used with object)
to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
imagining
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present participleof imagine.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Only during the past 12 or 13 months did the team really start imagining ways to bring the phrase to life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
I prefer wandering a local market, imagining what I might make for dinner.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
A third disc, “The Stranger in the House,” finds Costello imagining another potential career for himself as a professional songwriter.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026
“We are fishermen. We set out to catch fish, never imagining that this would happen.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“It totally is,” I say, imagining screeching banshees circling overhead and grinning ogres waiting in the shadows to snatch us up.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
