mind's eye

noun

1. the hypothetical site of visual recollection or imagination.

   In her mind's eye she saw the city as it had been in Caesar's time.

mind's eye

noun

1. the visual memory or the imagination

Word History and Origins

Origin of mind's eye¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

Example Sentences

As these descriptions illustrate, the pieces on “Tranquilizer” produce images, though the film that plays in your mind’s eye as the record unfolds may be unlike any you’ve seen before.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

In her mind’s eye she saw him locked in a dungeon somewhere.

Read more on Literature

Inside my mind’s eye, images are flashing by like scrapbook pages of events in our lives, highs and lows.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

And now, in my mind’s eye, I can see the check Francis wrote for our beautiful property here in the Napa Valley. $1,000,000.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

There were many moments that stuck in the mind's eye.

Read more on BBC