IMAGINE in a Sentence

Learn IMAGINE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

326 example sentences for IMAGINE, such as:

1. I can't imagine lying like that.
2. I can't imagine what has happened.
3. I could almost imagine you were jealous.
4. Do not imagine that it was a very unheard of idea.
5. Don't imagine that I intended to kill him in cold blood.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMAGINE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
imagine
 v.  expect, believe, or suppose
 v.  form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Do not imagine that my agitation on behalf of my son arises from any fear lest he should have had a hand in this terrible affair.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2  "From their lightness and transparency, I should imagine that they are soluble in water," I remarked.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
3  I could not imagine what his intention was in returning there; but I went on and pulled up my cab a hundred yards or so from the house.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
4  Don't imagine that I intended to kill him in cold blood.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
5  Do not imagine that it was a very unheard of idea.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
6  At first no one had been able to imagine where these creatures came from, but the problem was soon solved: they were the puppies whom Napoleon had taken away from their mothers and reared privately.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
7  How these were to be procured, no one was able to imagine.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
8  "We're asked to imagine all that," she said, putting down her glasses.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
9  Anything more unlike song, spontaneous song, would be impossible to imagine: a strange bawling yell that followed the outlines of a tune.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
10  Perhaps you can imagine it if you try, though no doubt you won't trouble to use your imagination on my behalf.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
11  You can have no reason, I imagine, madam," said he, addressing his mother, "for wishing Fanny not to be of the party, but as it relates to yourself, to your own comfort.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
12  Don't imagine that nobody in this house can see or judge but yourself.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
13  She could not, though only eighteen, suppose Mr. Crawford's attachment would hold out for ever; she could not but imagine that steady, unceasing discouragement from herself would put an end to it in time.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
14  Your being so far unlike, Fanny, does not in the smallest degree make against the probability of your happiness together: do not imagine it.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
15  She calls herself very angry, but you can imagine her anger.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
Example Sentence: (116 in 8 pages)
16  We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.
17  Just imagine all the problems we've been having, multiplied a thousandfold.
18  This is positively the worst thing that I can even imagine.
19  Marriage changes you as a person in ways that you can't imagine.
20  The writer gets no immediate feedback and simply has to imagine the reader's reaction.
21  Only opposed every day, will live the strong than you imagine.
22  I can't imagine what has happened.
23  I cannot for the life of me imagine why they want to leave.
24  In his mind's eye, he can imagine the effect he's having.
25  She isn't rich; nor do I imagine that she ever will be.
26  I can't imagine lying like that.
27  You can't imagine what a mess the house was in after the party.
28  It is hard to imagine Lineker capable of anything so extreme.
29  She was partying till the early hours, so I don't imagine she'll be in the land of the living before lunchtime.
30  I could almost imagine you were jealous.