picture
noun
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc..
were picturing
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past progressiveof picture.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They’d rather you were picturing Kyle Walker, hurtling along the M62 in his sports car while the rest of us sit at home.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2020
But it was clear her classmates were picturing someone doing the Cotton-Eyed Joe.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
As though he were picturing inhabitants of another world, he conjured to his vision the feverish traffic of New York, deluged with human beings belched from their million occupations into the glare of lunch-hour.
From The Parts Men Play by Arthur Beverley Baxter
This was a time when everybody's nerves were overstrained; when hearts were torn to pieces and imaginations were picturing only horrors.
From The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure by Margaret Vandercook
She could not scold Hoodie, naughty as she had undoubtedly been, for sad fears were picturing themselves before her—what might not be the result of Hoodie's disobedience?
From Hoodie by Lewis Christopher Edward Baumer
