How to Use visionary in a Sentence

visionary

1 of 2 adjective

• She is known as a visionary leader.
• He had a visionary experience.
• This is what the work of a visionary filmmaker looks like.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
• And lo and behold, new life was breathed into Allende, the visionary prophet of a new order.
  — Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
• Signing Ekitike, in fact, is seen as the sort of visionary transfer that could aid the club for the coming decade.
  — Manuel Veth, Forbes, 27 June 2022
• In our century, that visionary role appears to have passed from the artists to the engineers, to Zuckerberg and his ilk.
  — Dean Kissick, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2021
• In each of these episodes, two new pairs of visionary Queens go wig-to-wig in a competition to throw the coolest themed dinner party on a dime.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 9 June 2022
• His visionary work changed the scope of film storytelling and created new ways for adults and children to dream.
  — Tim Gray, Variety, 14 Dec. 2021
• Lucky Jupiter and visionary Neptune connect in fluid Pisces for the first time since 1856, inspiring us to take a leap of faith and grow our dreams.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 3 Apr. 2022
• Why: Off-White was, of course, created by the late Virgil Abloh, a visionary whose ideas could not be contained to one medium.
  — Kevin Leblanc, ELLE, 8 June 2022
• Almost a decade after the visionary filmmaker’s last entry in the genre, X is perhaps his finest work to date.
  — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
• Both were shown the door as CEOs despite clear visionary qualities.
  — Tom Davenport, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
• But in that era there also were visionary investors who helped to grow the sport among women, Allison said.
  — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2023
• The other part, of course, was that Lucy proved to be a physical comedian with a visionary spirit of kooky chaos.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Jan. 2022
• Perhaps the most visionary statesman of the 21st century, Shinzo Abe was shot and killed in the city of Nara while delivering a speech on the campaign trail.
  — The Editors, National Review, 9 July 2022
• As the Mouse House moves forward without its visionary leader, Chapek must refire the creative engines to grow Disney+.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2022
• Now, many of them have expressed sadness over the demise of a skilled businessman and a visionary entrepreneur.
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2022
• Scott Kirby, whom Isom replaced and who is now the face of the U.S. airline industry, has been visionary and outspoken.
  — Ted Reed, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
• The sculpture has been in place since 1995, when it was installed by North Carolina farmer and visionary artist Vollis Simpson.
  — Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, baltimoresun.com, 24 Jan. 2022
• Gaspar Noé is a visionary whose visceral films will change you, and Irreversible might be the best example of this.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 May 2022
• Guess which one visionary stop-motion artist Will Vinton would have preferred.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Aug. 2022
• Musk’s admirers herald him as a visionary thrusting the world into the future.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022
• In principle, a visionary mathematician might have held a snapshot of the set in their mind’s eye hundreds of years ago.
  — Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
• Your visionary views might be more drastic than the crowd is comfortable with, so preparing some rebuttals would be a good idea -- just in case!
  — Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2022
• Within months the designer was heralded as a sort of visionary.
  — Vogue, 29 Mar. 2022
• Solen comments on how visionary Whack is, having very specific ideas and scenes in mind for her unique visuals.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2021
• And tone, especially a fresh one, lives on a razor’s edge that can only be seen with an organic, visionary eye.
  — Angela L. Harvey, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2023
• Until the unraveling of Theranos, Holmes was hailed in the media as a visionary whose ideas would change the way in which ailments were diagnosed.
  — Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2021
• No matter what the movie gets right or wrong, the result is a visionary masterpiece that scored 10 Oscar nominations.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2022
• For startups around the world, Katapult serves as a beacon of hope, demonstrating the profound impact of how collaboration brings visionary ideas to life.
  — Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024

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visionary

2 of 2 noun

• She's a visionary in her field.
• Holder sought out the offbeat, the untutored, and the visionary.
  — John Beardsley, ELLE Decor, 18 Aug. 2022
• Yet, for his idea to succeed, Rice needed a visionary to head the art program.
  — New York Times, 7 July 2022
• Chris Hemsworth plays Steve Abnesti, described as a brilliant visionary who runs a state-of-the-art prison.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 11 June 2022
• Politicians, from the governor on down, hailed him as a visionary, a hero.
  — John Schmid, jsonline.com, 2 Nov. 2022
• Here, the real visionaries of 2023. Don't miss the next big beauty sale.
  — Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
• Scott was the visionary, and Arianne was the one who could execute that vision.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
• Jobs’ visit to PARC became the stuff of legend, a tale of a brilliant visionary seeing the future of computing for the first time.
  — Jeremy Reimer, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2023
• The Getty hails him as a visionary now with 104 of his works currently on display at the museum.
  — George Levines, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• Gravel is known as the visionary behind the Atlanta Beltline.
  — Zachary Hansen, ajc, 22 Aug. 2022
• Onoda was not a creative visionary who wanted to build an opera house in the Amazon.
  — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 2 June 2022
• Lena, as a visionary, always pushes for unique stories that won’t get told.
  — Veronica Wells, Essence, 3 Oct. 2022
• The visionary Carson is depicted in a 1965 bronze by Una Hanbury.
  — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
• Many admirers note that Carter was a visionary for putting solar panels on the White House, even as some criticized him for it at the time.
  — Mary Jordan, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2022
• Four showstoppers of the ten works on display at Fort Gansevoort gallery power the New York debut of this 54-year old visionary.
  — Vulture, 7 Mar. 2023
• Silicon Valley operates on many myths, but one of them is the idea of the founder as a visionary who can see key trends coming years if not decades out.
  — Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 10 Nov. 2022
• But here, at last, is the real Elon Musk: not a visionary, but a ruddy-cheeked, undersexed basement dweller—the kind of guy who, come to think about it, would be a big fan of Elon Musk.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 21 Mar. 2023
• Grant is one of the unsung stars of retailing, the kind of fearless visionary who has supported so many of the most creative designers of the last few decades.
  — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2024
• But while a16z may have dodged the FTX bullet, the firm’s reputation as a crypto visionary is far from secure.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2022
• However, that’s just the beginning of what this team of Esports visionaries hopes to achieve.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
• Currier believes the three-person unicorn will be led by a founder who has the same visionary ideas that propel the most successful founders.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2024
• And the life story of a sports car visionary and his tangled family life is tailor-made for awards attention.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
• Really a firebrand and visionary artist who could see the future and work diligently to try to make that future real.
  — Garret K. Woodward, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2024
• Mere weeks later, the avant-garde visionary died, taken down by a simple infection.
  — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2024
• This year’s design visionary award went to Seymour Chwast, who has worked in graphic design for more than half a century.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
• The Palestinian Communists were a very small group, but visionary.
  — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• Fortunately, this one-of-a-kind visionary is still going strong.
  — Elliott Smith, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2023
• For over twenty years, Glenda Bailey stood at the helm of Harper’s Bazaar as an industry visionary.
  — Marley Gifford, Town & Country, 15 Oct. 2022
• The musical output of the sisters, though distinct, has always been connected by a wink and a wave, but opera could represent a form big enough to accommodate two visionary Knowleses.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
• His studies of lighting and cinematography has led to a precision in its application to his storytelling as a director and visionary.
  — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024