How to Use imagine in a Sentence

imagine

verb
  • It was worse than they had imagined.
  • I imagine it will snow at some point today.
  • He asked us to imagine a world without poverty or war.
  • It's hard for me to imagine having children.
  • The company will do better next year, I imagine.
  • He was imagining all sorts of terrible things happening.
  • It's difficult to imagine that these changes will really be effective.
  • Just imagine having to dry-clean the same cape for decades, since the film is set in the present.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
  • At the time, Brown couldn’t imagine the ripples his hit would cause.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The year 1994 was a good time to imagine the concept of wealth filtered through the eyes of children.
    Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But just take a moment to imagine it in your mind’s eye.
    Vulture, 22 Jan. 2023
  • And remember back to the first John Wick and imagine how that script would’ve read.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The last year did not go the way either Biden or Morris had imagined.
    Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • So just imagine what that does for my mother, who was born in 1948.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Friends of the victim said she was widely liked and couldn't imagine who would want to harm her.
    Jesse Kirsch, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2023
  • As for the words themselves, there’s nothing to imagine.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • Or could Reeves imagine somehow reprising the role in a fifth John Wick movie?
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Trips that were planned, or at least mentioned, or at least imagined.
    Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Now imagine, for a second, if all of that was reversed.
    Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • That is easier imagined than done, as Michael and I both know.
    How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Now imagine what the asking price for Jackson would be.
    Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
  • But the two did chat about how Rosheuvel imagined Charlotte’s younger life over drinks.
    Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • Just imagine taking a bite of that rich and creamy filling with the perfect amount of buttery crust and sweet berry sauce.
    Beth Branch, Country Living, 9 May 2023
  • Pollard imagines the origins of many of the tales gathered by Charles Perrault.
    Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • In my short stint in protective work, my nerves were on end imagining what the next day might hold.
    Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
  • And while Rob and Fab (briefly) enjoyed the high life and the spoils of fame, Korem says that the price of not singing on the records was higher than either man imagined.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Just imagine a world where the journey from Los Angeles to Tokyo takes less than two hours.
    Sassie Duggleby, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Can anyone imagine Trump stepping down for the good of the country’s future?
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2024
  • Lucia’s house was almost exactly like Frankie had imagined.
    Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024
  • Indeed, the architect based the design on a tree, imagining a trunk formed by the central elevator shafts and the green copper panels and sun louvers on the exterior forming the leaves.
    Abigail Singrey, Architectural Digest, 16 Aug. 2024

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