| 单词 | imagination |
| 例句 | Sometimes she wished she didn’t have such a good imagination, because now she was certain they were walking across a living thing. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At first, he was sure it was his imagination, because the people he thought the most about often appeared to him in visions. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The only proof he has now that the girl even existed, and was not a figment of his imagination, is the glove. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It might have been her imagination, but Steve seemed a little extra splayed himself. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The sight became lodged in my imagination as a symbol of silent suffering. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If something captured my undisciplined imagination, I pursued it with a zeal bordering on obsession, and from the age of seventeen until my late twenties that something was mountain climbing. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Lelia couldn’t have known where I stayed all those nights, and because she never once asked, I felt I was allowed to let her stew in her imagination. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In these violent breaks in routine that were themselves routine, sJre could display the style and imagination of what she believed to be her own true self. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z That I might have actually died, and that he’s a figment of my imagination in a personalized heaven. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In her imagination she has set the limits and the terms. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As you look at the full moon, if you use your imagination you can see the face of the Man in the Moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The others are, for the most part, figments of someone’s imagination, self-interest, or wishful thinking. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z A piece of old plywood, a rope, and a great imagination. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z They would say that our imaginations have gotten the best of us. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There were, as yet, no prizes or medals for scientific achievement; but in Galileo’s imagination such rewards already existed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For though her gran insisted that the woman in the white cloak had only been a figment of Ivy’s imagination, Ivy knew what she had seen. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Mom took a break from writing and had breakfast with me and Dad, and I made pancakes that were sort of shaped like chickens, if you used your imagination. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z What Odessa lacked, and one look informed the most charitable eye that it lacked a fantastic amount, the speculators from Ohio would make up for on the strength of their own imagination. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She tells us that this is an exercise that will show her how well we write and use our imaginations. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I know that is an absurd thought, but I believe in the goodness of imagination. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every man needs a fort, Ultraviolet. A place to let his imagination run wild. A ‘No Trespassing/No Girls Allowed’ type of space.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The rest—what he really must be as a husband, devoted father and respected member of the community—I had to supply with my imagination. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It might be my imagination, but I do believe this is the third time Mr. Redfern has looked at me as though he'd like nothing more than to use me as shambler bait. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z If nature abhors a vacuum, an imagination adores one. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Citra didn’t know whether or not it had been her imagination. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The media bonanza inspired by the administration’s campaign solidified in the public imagination the image of the black drug criminal. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And with that, my imagination’s off and running. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It seemed like ships had most captured his imagination, so for Christmas I gave him a book about their history and design. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Even in my imagination, the shore just twenty yards away, I couldn’t make myself be brave. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The spell was soon over, and Mrs. Pontellier could not help wondering if there were not a little imagination responsible for its origin, for the rose tint had never faded from her friend’s face. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z The imagination is important, as it allows us to conceive of all kinds of possibilities in the future and to understand the past in a way that has real survival value. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The aura of science and medical research was meticulously maintained, often dramatized to achieve an even greater effect on public imagination. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Home gradually began to feel more distant, almost like a place in my imagination. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Every-thing was beautifully tended, and it was a vision of wealth and order beyond my imagination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was just her imagination, but she thought she felt the faintest bit of warmth coming from the tile of home in her pocket. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Thank you very much,” she said, “but comments on my appearance are uncalled for. Anyway, I could be your granny. With a little stretch of the imagination.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Often I think that the sky is becoming lighter on the horizon, but it may be merely my imagination. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll say it plain: he was not a man of imagination, so he wasn’t afflicted by suspicions and worries. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose with all the crazy stuff happening, my imagination is going wild. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z But what was it about Corelli’s ‘concerto’ style that so caught the imaginations of other musicians? The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Dad’s never heard it, so naturally he thinks it’s my imagination or maybe a car’s radio as it goes past the farm. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Pretend that everything that I’m going through is nothing more than a figment of my imagination. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z This might suggest that the so-called imaginary time is really the real time, and that what we call real time is just a figment of our imaginations. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He really knew they were air castles, for at bottom he was hard-headed, not easily taken in even by his own exuberant imagination. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it Matt’s imagination, or was Celia’s hand shaking as she handed him the plate. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It may not be part of Dad’s prescription for living successfully, but it’s kind of the best thing if you have an active imagination. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The entire farm was something beyond her imagination. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Jefferson himself thought in this French fashion, Adams claimed, confusing the seductive prospects envisioned in his imagination with the more limited possibilities history permitted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The whole article is just a figment of the imagination.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so taken by Balzac that, in my imagination, I gave him a typewriter so that we would have more in common. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Pa has told me in the past that I am blessed with a gifted imagination and he likes the stories I tell. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z People knew about it but let it grow gradually like a pupa in the cocoons of their imaginations. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I try hard to believe Dad's right about me imagining stuff, and that's all Miss Willis was—a figment of my imagination. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Often it was enough merely to substitute one name for another, but any detailed report of events demanded care and imagination. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But already in my memory, it has happened and I am standing under those blazing trees—flamboyants in bloom in my imagination, not having seen those sugar maples he spoke of. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was getting bewildered; he so crowded on my mind his list of nature’s eccentricities and possible impossibilities that my imagination was getting fired. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z That’s how I feel, anyhow, but it just may be my imagination. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it’s easy to see where her imagination came from, isn’t it? It’s how she got through it.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Marcos spent two weeks assembling the contents according to an instruction manual written in English, which he was able to decipher thanks to his invincible imagination and a small dictionary. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped and looked in, trying to see in the dark room whether we were really asleep—or was it his imagination that opened eyes were looking at him? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z These tales stimulated my childish imagination, and usually contained some moral lesson. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A curtain fluttered, or maybe it was my imagination, but no one answered. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Did these images from foreign lands take hold in her imagination instead? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was this last that finally swayed her: New York, which had exuded a glamorous pull on her imagination ever since she’d read Eloise as a child. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In his imagination, he pictured a wall being erected, a barrier between himself and the nightmares. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Only the vigilance and care of Rebeca kept him from being dragged off by his imagination into a state of perpetual delirium from which he would not recover. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The leap of the imagination is sometimes experienced as a flash of inspiration, but only rarely does a new idea emerge full-blown like Athena from the head of Zeus. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, but I have a better imagination in Arabic now.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z At first I think I am seeing a vision, that my imagination is playing tricks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Maybe it was my imagination, but the morning mist seemed to cling to him as he walked. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The queen captured his heart and set fire to his imagination. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “I think my imagination needs a little more time to catch up to the situation, okay?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Ethiopia has always held a special place in my own imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me I had a good imagination and said he had displayed my report at Open House the night before. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z When I was a boy growing up in Boston, Route 128, the industrial belt around Boston, led the world in scientific creativity and imagination. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At six she had discovered the magic books in the enchanted trunks of her legendary Great-Uncle Marcos and had fully entered the world-without-return of the imagination. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And this was both odd and confusing to me, because ever since we’d arrived, the outside world had loomed in my imagination as someplace inaccessible yet wonderfully desirable. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Entering the woods at night is a haunting experience, especially for someone with a vivid imagination. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I quite deliberately dressed wild animals in tame costumes of my imagination. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z "Your lack of imagination is going to make you absolutely a sitting target. A criminal of the imagination of U. N. Owen can make rings round you any time he—or she—wants to." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I feel as though we’re having a fight already, even though the fight’s only in my imagination. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Being a practiced liar doesn’t mean you have a powerful imagination. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She wants to get stuck in her imagination. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The University of Chicago had fired his imagination. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human rights, no laws, and no justice outside the common imagination of human beings. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z What is far from simple is the leap of the imagination by which Picasso recognized a bull’s head in these unlikely objects. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z One need only place beside them in imagination any Greek statue of a god, so normal and natural with all its beauty, to perceive what a new idea had come into the world. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Arthur declared that if Oliver was to survive being the only boy among many sisters, he needed two things: an imagination and a place of his own to escape to. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She turned back to the rickshaw, and in her imagination she moved forward with her plan. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-seven species, ranging in size from dragons to Bundimuns, were to be hidden from Muggles so as to create the illusion that they had never existed outside the imagination. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed harder, trying to outrun his own imagination. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Imagination is a great thing in Jong dull hours, but it’s a real curse in a dark alley, and April’s imagination had always been out of the ordinary. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the last few centuries such companies have become the main players in the economic arena, and we have grown so used to them that we forget they exist only in our imagination. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And so, as children grew, so did the danger of the Fire Swamp in their enlarging imaginations. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was because he had a good imagination and used his ' head more than the others. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was just some sort of bogey that lived in bad dreams and the dark corners of imagination. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z "Let them use their imaginations," said the Warden. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z It was beyond anyone’s wildest imagination to think I could win the biggest international meet of the season, especially my first time, so Mom felt safe shaking on our deal. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Epic in scope, violence, and imagination, Deathstorm is a new benchmark in the fantasy genre and cements forever G. M. Pennington’s status as the American Tolkien. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The other part of it is knowing that it doesn’t take much imagination putting yourself next to Eddie. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I couldn’t even complain to Mom because she’d tell me to use my imagination, or say that being bored was good for me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z If we examine its successive stages, we find that the youngster must develop all the skills that go into adult art: coordination, intellect, personality, imagination, creativity, and aesthetic judgment. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if it were my imagination, or if Sloan had more goons hanging around him than usual. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z During those early months, when there was a warrant for my arrest and I was being pursued by the police, my outlaw existence caught the imagination of the press. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The imagination, as Lazlo had previously noted, is tethered in some measure to the known, and they were both sadly ignorant in matters of cake. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The footsteps might have been in her imagination, and while she was standing there scared, Håkon was potentially having his heart cut out. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The problem lies in getting yourself out of Christmas, because when you come out of it, you have to redefine the lines between reality and imagination. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Maybe they knew their own gift of imagination colored too rosily the poverty and brutality of their lives and made them able to endure it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Our slogan caught the imagination of the people, but it led them to believe that we would fight to the death to resist the removal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “My point is, it takes a special person to cry over a book. It shows compassion as well as imagination.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z With Mach 1 achieved, engineering imaginations broke free of all previous speed limits. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, accounts of the 1963 epic on Everest resonated loud and long in my preadolescent imagination. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “You are so talented, Florian, why not create something of your own, something that comes from your imagination? As the philosophers say, ‘Life is short, but art is long.’ Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Another problem was that the letter had fired the public’s curiosity and imagination. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “If you find, your baachan cook and you have first bite. Worth many money. Nothing else taste same. Ah, I should not say, since I never eat. But I have many imagination.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We all know how our imagination sometimes makes us see all sorts of images in chance formations such as clouds or blots. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “They don’t have the imagination to sneak around.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I had once tried to write, had once reveled in feeling, had let my crude imagination roam, but the impulse to dream had been slowly beaten out of me by experience. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, turn now and come back, look back and see the smoke and turn for me But it kept moving away until he could not hear it even in his imagination, in his soul. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z All the Weird Watsons had real good imaginations but none of us was ready for what came out of the door of that house. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea of an earthly paradise in which men should live together in a state of brotherhood, without laws and without brute labor, had haunted the human imagination for thousands of years. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Today you are more likely to find commentary on their “disappearance,” either as a supposed demographic reality or as a shortcoming of the middle-class imagination. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think that orange and pink go together, or is that only in my imagination?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I guess you could say she adapted to her grief with imagination. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I try not to wonder what is happening to them, what could happen, but I surrender my imagination to its most terrifying conclusion. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Its poverty was of a particular kind—lack of imagination, color, zest. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Those who glanced over at their table at the noise assume it was their imagination, and return their attention to their own tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Annabelle is crying, and rain is falling on her face, so it is hard to tell if it is her own imagination again, or if she truly sees something in the road ahead. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Cross gales he blew, making me lose my bearings, and heaved up seas beyond imagination— huge and foundering seas. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Without question, the ability to write down rhythms fired the imaginations of composers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z By instinct or by study, he had an exceptionally firm grasp of the human imagination and how to appeal to it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We would ride down villains who robbed stagecoaches or in other ways threatened damsels in distress, whom we could save and, of course, never kiss, but ride off at the end of our imagination. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It happened early on, when my system hadn’t learned yet to live with hunger and my imagination was still wildly searching for solutions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “My imagination—well, what little imagination I have—doesn’t quite live up to the real thing.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It was a rumor, a fable, but it was a rumor and fable from which marvels emerged, carried by camels across the desert to fire the imaginations of folk the world over. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Although he had the same impulse for growth and physical strength, it was early evident that he lacked imagination. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I continue to sort out what’s just my childhood, just my imagination, just my family, just the village, just movies, just living. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I think she lacked the imagination to devise more interesting commands. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z With regular old household items, patience, and imagination, I could create something new. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Did any of the hundreds of others who had expanded beyond all imagination? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They did not insist, because of both her extreme sensitivity and her tendency to sleepwalk whenever her imagination ran away with her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Placing one ear to the door, he listened Was it his imagination, or did he hear a rustle on the other side? Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, the whole scientific enterprise must be arranged so that the separate imaginations in different human minds can be pooled, and this is more a kind of game than a systematic business. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But this story, though false, took on a curious life in my imagination. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I don’t know where he gets his imagination from. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Was it my imagination, or had the cats grown in the last few minutes? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It’s meditative, and it clears my mind, although being at the register also allows me to check out a bit and let my imagination wander. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In a way, her strangeness, her naivet6, her craving for the other half of her equation was the consequence of an idle imagination. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Was this some weird conjuring of his imagination? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Seven wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, or her fear, or both, but the world seemed to get colder and darker all at once. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She stared at buildings and cars and signboards, all of them matte, disappointingly matte; in the landscape of her imagination, the mundane things in America were covered in a high-shine gloss. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He tells his friend Émile Bernard that he wishes he could paint more from his imagination, like Bernard can, but he's most comfortable painting outside in nature. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was only his imagination, but the air of the land around Spiral Castle had seemed, to Taran, heavy and oppressive. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Human beings are not the only creatures who have imagination. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I whirled, screaming “Don’t you bug me!” and whatever it was—friend, foe, imagination—fled. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he was a figment of my imagination. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Nina couldn’t tell if it was nerves, imagination, or if the place really was cold, but her skin puckered with gooseflesh, and she had to fight to keep her teeth from chattering. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her imagination was an instrument of wonder, and she fashioned, of the stuff of her ghostliness, an ever-shifting expression of her marvelous self. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His “enthusiasm” for the weapon was a figment of Alvarez’s imagination. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “You know her imagination. And it will be good for you to see each other. Dr. Poirot agrees.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Little Wood, my boy, you’re way too young not to have an imagination,” he said between chewing. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I’m not sure if it’s my imagination, but a fresh crease of the green tonic seems to line the corners of his lips. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But Harry’s imagination was racing ahead, far beyond Ron and Hermione’s.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "Men, women and children...,” he later wrote, "were in flight from objects that had no existence except in their imaginations.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Malcolm spoke like a man who was free, like a black man above the laws that proscribed our imagination. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He’d earned the job of Assigner because of his quick mind, his swift intelligence, his fertile imagination, his ability to see two moves ahead as if life were a giant checker or chess game. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She spotted me and her smile seemed to stiffen, but maybe that was just my imagination. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I know it was entirely in my imagination, but there was this cruel and malevolent look in her eyes that I will never forget. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I know it was only my imagination, but I felt like I could hear a chorus of Diegos encouraging me to say no to class and yes to anarchy. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “It’s not that it’s funny, Sparrow. You just have a very vivid imagination. So, let’s start with this: There are no tents.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I swear your imagination plays funny tricks on you sometimes.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time the consequences were beyond the imagination of our fortunate age. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Is it my insecure imagination or does Saint Sarah’s mom have a look of disbelief on her face? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z A myth of what the frontier had been, the Wild West legend, was taking hold in the popular imagination, and it would not be long before people defined Smith by it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In his imagination he had seen his mother running, her arms outstretched to enfold him as he stepped smiling from his sturdy little vessel. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Like I said, she has a vivid imagination. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Amari also noticed what might have been tears on Mrs. Derby’s face, but perhaps it was just her imagination. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I never much imagined myself as a woman grown, anyway, and nowadays especially it seems a waste of imagination. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He listened to the sound of his sandals slapping against the temple’s stone floor as he let the idea unfurl in his imagination. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It’s hard to make out all his details in the night, but my imagination can fill in the gaps just fine. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z In his imagination he went over every detail of tomorrow’s trip with Harriet. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z But every idea, no matter how good, seemed to wither on the vine of his imagination. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z This didn’t seem completely crazy imagination in 1942, when jumping out of trees stood for abandoning a torpedoed ship. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon enough, my imagination petered out and I slowed down to the pace of the others. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Then she added a spotlight and a stage and lots of clapping to her imagination. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Because of the lurid tales we read and our vivid imaginations and, probably, memories of our brief but hectic lives, Bailey and I were afflicted—he physically and I mentally. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a jealousy of her imagination, he did nothing to aid it; he was present and transparent in his devotion. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And in imagination she saw the judge's old hands put the black cap on his head and begin to pronounce sentence…. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Hearing nothing, they extended their thoughts and their imaginations out and into the surrounding meadows. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave a slight nod as if I agreed, but my imagination sparked with the possibility. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She was half expecting questions about where she had come from and how she had arrived, and she was preparing answers; but it wasn’t only imagination the nurse lacked, it was curiosity as well. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I let my imagination wander, seeing the first explorers on the moon as they worked their way back to their station after a day of walking among craters and plains. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z That rattling—and whatever was causing it—did not come from her imagination. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It had strained his imagination to think of two suitable gifts in such quick succession. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly the audiences before whom she spoke offered no challenge to her ingenuity or her imagination. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z April nodded and her eyes flicked across Melanie’s in the way they always did when their imaginations were tuned in. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for my two days as mayor of Earth, I didn’t seem to have much of an imagination. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Biblical scholars don’t stretch their imaginations—at least reputable ones don’t,” he said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re getting older now, and I think it’s time to control your imagination a little bit. Because it causes you to act in ways that are not always appropriate. Like throwing things at people.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Was it her imagination, or did a shadow cross the faces of the other children at the picnic? Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z At first, she thought it was a trick of her imagination, a by-product of the pain still throbbing in her head, but...no, this light was real. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Isn’t that something? About Jimmy? What an imagination!” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Both sets of ideas passed into the public imagination through Sunday supplements and science fiction. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought at first that the growing warmth was only nervousness or my imagination as I remembered General Smith’s words about hell. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The difficulties of execution were not insuperable; but I feared that there should be no vigor in my rendering when my senses were clogged with terror at crowds and a crippling imagination of imminent failure. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There is little, I think, that engages my imagination like a wall. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather, every flower, shrub, and tree was to be deployed with an eye to how each would act upon the imagination. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At that age your body is changing, your imagination is galloping, your mind is in that zone between a child’s vision and an adult’s. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z In a way, it seemed, he was part of the morning fog, or my own imagination, but there was also the reality of what was happening in my stomach. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, I thought I heard an aircraft but it was probably just my imagination. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people lack the imagination to do anything but embrace a stereotype and let it define them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z All of the tiny moments repeated themselves in her imagination. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Hoover made a cameo appearance in the 1959 movie, which further enshrined him in the popular imagination. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was more likely that she was simply allowing her vivid imagination to run away with her. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z It provides, as it were, the firm platform from which artists make their leap of the imagination. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know it then, but that face belonged to Phoebe Winterbottom, a girl who had a powerful imagination, who would become my friend, and who would have many peculiar things happen to her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Soon the number of people who could grasp relativity had been reduced even further in the popular imagination–and the scientific establishment, it must be said, did little to disturb the myth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Humans are the only creatures who can tell one another about imagination in stories or pictures. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In his imagination, he wasn’t at the jungle’s edge anymore, he was in the jungle now, hearing everything, seeing everything, things he didn’t want to... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z My imagination is captured by the bright shining light, but I don’t understand the vastness of the sky. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people--his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z If you find your- self using this expression over and over again, you have a myopic imagination. champing at the bit. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Today,” announced Mr. Lemoncello, “in our third and fourth games, you will use the library to help your imagination take flight, much as I am about to do.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He saw ahead of him the heavy labour of rebuilding the windmill from the foundations, and already in imagination he braced himself for the task. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z In her excitement she had not considered who it was she should give the letter to; a trick of her imagination had everyone reading it at once. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But this first clumsy attempt showed her that the imagination itself was a source of secrets: once she had begun a story, no one could be told. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My mother used to tell me that I had an overactive imagination; Tom said that, too. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In the deep gray of a motel room dawn, with my imagination in overdrive, it was difficult not to confuse her with the dead girl in the dream. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It’s not just my imagination—looking at the sky, the clouds, the moon and the stars really does make me feel calm and hopeful. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Well, old man, your little friend has quite a good imagination. Don’t you think we would know if the Timekeeper was dead?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “On behalf of the gods and storytellers around the world, we hope you leave with your life intact and your imagination brimming.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He could hear sounds everywhere now, cracks, rustles, mysterious whispers—but his dogged, realistic brain knew them for what they were—the creations of his own heated imagination. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z We can now understand that to Johns the leap of his imagination in Target with Four Faces remains as mysterious as it first seemed to us. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Mounting the scaffold, going right up into the sky, was something the imagination could hold on to. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z In short, the historical record itself, and not just our own omniscient imaginations, provides the requisite evidence from which we can reconstruct the response to the proslavery argument. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “The ‘f’ word shows an extreme lack of respect and an extreme lack of imagination. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z It may have been my imagination, but it felt like Kasusu was drooping in my hand. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z In response to Clara’s imagination and the requirements of the moment, the noble, seignorial architecture began sprouting all sorts of extra little rooms, staircases, turrets, and terraces. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Nick Farthing was twelve, but he could pass—and did sometimes—for sixteen: a large boy with a crooked smile, and little imagination. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Juana looked up, and her eyes were wide at Kino’s courage and at his imagination. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned to use my imagination to shape my reality and harness it to serve my needs. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She’d e-mailed me the picture after spring break, and every once in a while I’d look at it just to remind myself she was real and Camp Half-Blood hadn't just been my imagination. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z But the seed of his idea had sprouted in his father’s imagination, and a week into the new year, Wash found himself walking with his father toward Mr. Crane’s back porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The power to create with your mind would take you everywhere, and my imagination was blasting out of orbit. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But he was a smiling man, and in Obinze's imagination, Englishmen were not smiling men. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Maybe it wasn’t lying as much as it was applying some imagination. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z So it was Australia, that distant island-continent, that loomed in his imagination as his ‘America.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad says Mr. O’Dea has a great imagination but didn’t Our Lord suffer enough on the cross without sticking Him in Limerick on top of it with the damp from the River Shannon. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Washington left to our imagination exactly how Boudinot must have spied on prisoners. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A dread of white people now came to live permanently in my feelings and imagination. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The library had two big rooms, one for fiction, which was stories people made up out of their imaginations, and the other for fact, which was infor-mation about the real world. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z According to him, the imagination recoiled before such an odious offense. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z My imagination boggled at the punishment I would deserve if in fact I did abuse a book of Mrs. Flowers’. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it Aru’s imagination, or did the boulder shift a bit? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In her imagination, in her dreams, everything has color. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Not once in more than sixty years did I stray, except in my imagination, and I have a feeling she wouldn’t have minded that. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He could summon them in his imagination at will. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Clara was extremely precocious and had inherited the runaway imagination of all the women in her family on her mother’s side. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “She has a big imagination,” Mrs. Moss stated. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When it came to feeding them he had no imagination, but that particular task he was up to. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The scene was so entirely a realization of her worst fears that she sensed that her overanxious imagination had projected the figures onto the packed spines of books. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Or perhaps the fish had never spoken and it all had been his imagination? Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But true freaks, the “women lovers,” captured yet strained my imagination. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My imagination at ten years old didn’t have the capacity to grasp what had taken away the happiness of the refugees. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It could have been her imagination, but Boo’s eyes looked particularly shiny, as if he were about to cry. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It may be my imagination, but it still smells like blood in there, even though I scrubbed the floor until my hands were sore, and someone poured bleach on it this morning. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But he had so much trouble picturing her ordinary life that his imagination failed him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Magdalys didn’t ask what it would come in handy for in Amaya’s imagination, but she had a feeling it wasn’t just getting from place to place. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z My imagination told me that my father was trying to poison me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, Picasso himself would not have felt the satisfaction of having created something on the basis of his leap of the imagination alone. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It might have been my imagination, but I thought Ishtar looked uneasy. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Unless my imagination is messing with me, a slight flush colors his cheeks, too. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Maybe it was my imagination, but the boat seemed to respond. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And they weren’t rich yet by any stretch of the imagination. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z A road that only went so far in his imagination. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Now it was in the top right corner of her mind, and in her imagination she could stand on tiptoe and raise her right hand to it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “He has no imagination. I can unload plenty of it in the black market if he’ll make a deal.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “But about Billy, it’s not his imagination. Other people see letters and numbers in color. I do, in fact.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He stared at himself and wondered if it really had happened, if he really had seen men die, if the lingering smells from shattered liquor bottles and bloodied human bodies were only in his imagination. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “He changed. But you came into this dark place filled with mysteries, wonders, and terrors beyond your imagination”—she stuck her hand out, palm first, and swept it though the air dramatically—“to save him.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I could almost see it capture their imaginations and curiosity. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Em stiffened, as if Annabeth had done something wrong, but then the old woman relaxed just as quickly, so I figured it must’ve been my imagination. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The listener’s imagination was fired by sound alone. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Clearly, however, there is a profound difference between human and animal imagination. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In my imagination, the man I thought was trying to get inside the Secret Annex had kept growing and growing until he'd become not only a giant but also the cruelest Fascist in the world. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z At that moment in young Cassius’ career, he had captured the imagination and the support of the entire dark world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Ions might charge the air, but they fell flat when it came to charging the imagination—my imagination, anyway. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And then suddenly he heard something that was not imagination. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z They left Matt alone with his fear and his imagination. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Bailey is debating whether or not it is a figment of his imagination when the man looks over at him, his eyes surprisingly bright, though Bailey cannot discern their color. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "And why were you wasting precious time listening to an overaged delivery boy with an overactive imagination when you should have been studying." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result, he has developed a very vivid imagination. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s only your imagination, her stepmother said about the spiders. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z With my bed against the wall, the nighttime life of my imagination changed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time the artist adds another line, a new leap of the imagination is needed to incorporate that line into the ever-growing mental image. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm liked the sound of the word, and he could see how to spell it already, in his imagination. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Besides, your imagination often plays tricks on you in moments of danger. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It might have been my imagination, but she looked a little tense. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The more ambitious and original the work, the greater the tension and the more triumphant the sense of release after the audience’s response has shown that the leap of the imagination was successful. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad s imagination paid all the bills we ever had. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z For a second I think I hear the glass creak, but it is my imagination. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “I think you’re an improvement on my imagination,” I said, flipping back through the pages. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And so I marched along in a parade of my imagination, passing one plodding Jew after another, head high, arms swinging, goose-stepping as if I wore tall shiny boots myself. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She had decorated it herself, following the whims of her imagination and taking her customers’ taste into account. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Especially high against me it stood, strange and forbidding, although why this should be I could not think, finally putting it down to my imagination. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could say,” Eleanor put in, smiling, “‘All three of you are in my imagination; none of this is real.’” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Little children, such as Anne, must never, ever correct their elders, no matter how many blunders they make or how often they let their imaginations run away with them. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Rowan didn’t know if it was his imagination, but there seemed to be more scythes and known celebrities frequenting Goddard’s parties than when he first arrived. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The air was full of harsh sounds, but whether they issued from my throat or hers, or existed only in my imagination, I do not know. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father says to tamp down her imagination. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Or was the whole fantastic episode merely the figment of a diseased imagination, his own, of a deteriorating mind, a rotting brain? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Now that isn’t too bad an idea because @#$% leaves it to the imagination and most people have a worse imagination than I have. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He would not, then, talk to her about it; she found that, before the dread and the hatred that filled her mind, her imagination faltered and held its peace. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z There are many creative ways to use these inexpensive instruments to help and inspire you, and which will fire up a child’s imagination. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z But it is only a trick of my imagination; nearly everything that I knew in Coalwood is gone. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Any large-scale human cooperation—whether a modern state, a medieval church, an ancient city or an archaic tribe—is rooted in common myths that exist only in people’s collective imagination. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It's way the hell off in the distance and it might just be my imagination. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We have pictures of him in ridiculous Adidas shorts that leave nothing to the imagination, and a headband holding back long hair, most of which has since washed down the drain. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Ten years old, and onto the black screen of her imagination she can project anything: a sailing yacht, a sword battle, a Colosseum seething with color. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I found that only through a continuous use of the imagination could I hold out against Finny’s driving offensive in favor of peace. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She likes District 13 well enough, even though she thinks the cooks are somewhat lacking in imagination. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z With a little imagination, I could envision I was sipping a strawberry soda from Chapman’s Drug back in Arlington. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It was just a silly figment of my imagination. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes I would get to thinking about my room, and in my imagination I would start at one comer and circle the room, mentally noting everything there was on the way. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z If there was one thing that had survived all those reincarnation cycles, it was the imagination they shared. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We cannot say, ‘It was my imagination,’ because three other people were there too.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z But in my imagination I was on the ridge, and I was watching his approach through crosshairs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Maybe it was her imagination, but the arrows seemed really annoyed that they had to wait a bit before they got to launch themselves at Aru and Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Just her imagination, a trick of the light on the water. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Of course, I thought his imagination had the best of him. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I took another long look behind me, through leafy branches swaying and bowing in the wind, to convince myself that my imagination had run away with me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z That we’re the figment of someone’s imagination, some crazy person or maybe spirit or god that’s just dreamed up each and every single one of us. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I once owned a book designed to provoke the imagination and help bored children discover constructive ways to pass the time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was as if they all believed as Thomas did—that Gaily was only a figment of their imagination. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A chess-playing friend, Karl Burger, ten years older, who went on to become a medical doctor and an international master, first told Bobby about the tome, feeding the boy’s imagination about the wisdom it contained. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “These people could be murderers. Especially Greg77. He obviously has no imagination.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My head throbs as my imagination dashes here and there, trying to find him safe haven. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It might have been Annabeth’s imagination, but the old artillery piece seemed to be glowing red. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Was it just my imagination, or was the carriage swaying? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I held up my hand to stop her words from feeding an imagination that had already conjured up what an angry Traft might do. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Still, it had been a pleasant thing to think about; I had even let my imagination run to the point of making several trips, building up a real home library. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z As always, I was electrically aware of Edward sitting close enough to touch, as distant as if he were merely an invention of my imagination. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “You know the law. Strict to the letter. No books, no houses, nothing to be produced which in any way suggests ghosts, vampires, fairies, or any creature of the imagination.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It reached and nearly touched the delicious flattened balls of parboiled rice in my imagination. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Also it smells like he ate something dead, for instance road kill, but maybe that's my imagination. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z To our shock, Mr. Burke responded, “What on earth is wrong with your imagination?” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She had shut a door on her imagination and played this cruel game. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I lay back against my pillow, my heart pounding at what I had just witnessed with my ears and my imagination. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Verne was pretty impressed and said that I must have a fabulous visual imagination. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The image is fleeting, and it could be my imagination, not a memory. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z As I trudged up the walk, I thought maybe I smelled garlic but that could have been my imagination. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I paused, thinking of all the wonderful things she’d said—about my imagination and how smart I was—and how she’d encouraged us both. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Was it her imagination, or did they feel wet and sticky, like blood? In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z He presented Pollard with a complete script for the interview, leaving nothing to the jockey’s rich imagination or questionable vocabulary. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The same qualities of imagination that the institutions seemed to require so badly were less available than they had ever been before. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart ached to explore more such worlds, to live them in the imagination in much the same way as I lived the folktales of my mother and grandmother. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In imagination he lived every minute of their evening together. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “Boy’s got quite an imagination, doesn’t he?” he added snidely. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And all it took was a little bit of Archie’s imagination and two phone calls. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her child—not a figment of her imagination, but her child in the world. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Because the darkness squeezes you inside yourself, you get cut off from the outside world, the imagination takes over. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He does know it suddenly makes sense why parents don’t want their kids watching R-rated movies—his imagination’s running wild. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z What made me different from them was an attitude of mind, my imagination of myself. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it his imagination or did he hear whispering in other rooms, footsteps walking back and forth, and the clip-clop of horses on the street outside? The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Finding babies lost during the war was a matter of foolish imagination, and she had no time for that. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Brilliant greens, blues, and reds only your imagination could match. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Is it my imagination,” shouted Ron after a considerable stretch of silence, “or are we losing height?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Ira gave me a sidelong glance: “Your imagination would not travel that far.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Huge creatures of the imagination scuttled across the muddy bottom of the river. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It might have been his imagination, but Tendai thought his brother looked a little less feverish. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Admittedly they resembled much of African folklore, but they had a freshness that appealed to my imagination. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But unlike a bird, I can’t fly free...except in my imagination. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Pike must be a mean old man with no imagination. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He responded to his father’s controlled violence by developing hard habits and a soft imagination. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see we’ve all become very fond of our cricket. But aren’t we letting our imagination run away with us a bit?” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Such a thing as an independent political movement was outside her imagination; and in any case the Party was invincible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Her fingers walk the tightropes of sentences; in her imagination, she walks the decks of the speedy two-funneled frigate called the Abraham Lincoln. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And even the most painstaking piece of craft does not deserve to be called a work of art unless it involves a leap of the imagination. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z You know what they say about your imagination being limitless? 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She supported us efficiently with humor and imagination. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In my imagination the doctor used the same corrugated sheets of tin that Dad used to roof hay sheds. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In Egypt, a towering colossus, immobile, beyond the power of the imagination to endow with movement, as fixed in the stone as the tremendous temple columns, a representation of the human shape deliberately made unhuman. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t take a huge amount of imagination to read backwards from this and realize that it must therefore have started from some central point. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Bestiaries do not contain, as a rule, totally novel creatures of the imagination made up of parts that we have never seen before. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran into the cell, gasping as her imagination supplied the pictures. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z And it was not my imagination—or Lily’s. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It might have been her imagination, but Steve seemed a little extra splayed himself. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Many good liars have no imagination at all; it’s that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The wild energy and diversity of the city had proven the perfect hatching place for his intellect and imagination years back when he was a student at Columbia. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Thus Beeckman insisted in 1629: ‘In philosophy I allow nothing that is not represented to the imagination as if it were observable.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The American black “leader’s” most critical problem is lack of imagination! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She at least had the imagination to try for something beyond her reach. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The fourth planet from the Sun has stirred the imagination of humans for eons. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Popular imagination and ignorance with respect to his past lent Barrabas the most mythological characteristics. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The imagination, he thought, no matter how vivid, was still tethered in some measure to the known, and this was beyond anything he could have imagined. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When the world wasn’t big enough for him, he expanded it with the force of his imagination. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “It’s only your imagination makes it different. But that’s all right,” he added magnanimously, “as long as it makes you feel so happy.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea of the learned Dallben ever having pink cheeks and chubby fingers was beyond his imagination. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z While the experience of a work can be immediately electrifying, we sometimes do not realize its impact until it has had time to filter through the recesses of our imaginations. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His work was complex: it engaged his mind and imagination. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Often he would focus so hard that his imagination played tricks. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z China was not too terrible, at least not in our imaginations. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I learned how to use a sewing machine in Ms. Deeds’s home economics class, my imagination really took off. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Such an imagination has crossed me, I own, Emma; and if it never occurred to you before, you may as well take it into consideration now.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Nick had little imagination, and he was not about to start thinking now. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “On imagination. A lot of times they turned out wrong. For example they wrote about Venus being a jungle paradise with huge monsters and women in breastplates that glistened.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Whenever she said that, I struggled to keep my imagination in check. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It was inspired by the real-life actions of children, and did not emerge wholly from an adult’s imagination. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z While human evolution was crawling at its usual snail’s pace, the human imagination was building astounding networks of mass cooperation, unlike any other ever seen on earth. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as she was concerned, East Shoal and everything that had happened was nothing but a figment of my imagination. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z His strong opinion is that they should paint from their imaginations, not from what they see, as Vincent likes to do. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I peered down the sun-baked dump and then at the surrounding mountains, my imagination clicking into overdrive. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t fit on the pavement, so it walked on the road instead, passing through parked cars as if it was spun out of nothing but nightmare and imagination. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z In my imagination he answered me, naming the flower, saying it was the queen’s favorite and that he'd be happy to give me seeds. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I have a good imagination, but even I can't imagine that. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She drew star maps and maps of the Free Cities and maps of places that existed only in her imagination. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Either way, I dip into my imagination, grab a rail and pull myself free. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It stopped just after she did, and she told herself it was her imagination. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Hand Clap cared little about the truth, and loved to let his imagination run wild. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “The thought of a school without boys, who had been to me such a stimulus both in study and play, seemed to my imagination dreary and profitless,” Elizabeth later wrote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Only then, convinced that the story had not been some product of his father's imagination, did he wonder how the galleon had been able to get inland to that spot. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was an act of concentration, of trying to hold within one’s center of attention all of that bewildering array of facts which science, politics, experience, memory, and imagination were urging upon me. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Until then he had shown no sign of imagination. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But on a quiet sea, with lungs and nostrils unburdened, no responsibilities, and much time on his hands, the traveler with a philosophic bent could find his imagination enlarged. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Their dark skin, their gender, their economic status— none of those were acceptable excuses for not giving the fullest rein to their imaginations and ambitions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Farmers sailed in their imagination years and decades into the future. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It is, rather, a blessedly circumscribed imagination and an intuitive feeling that Life is Now. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time I saw King’s College, Cambridge, I didn’t think I was dreaming, but only because my imagination had never produced anything so grand. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He wore a skin-tight baby-blue leotard that Percy really wished left more to the imagination. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I told Dad, but he says it’s my imagination. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Theoretical physicists were the explorers of their day, using imagination and mind-bending math to dig deeper and deeper into the surprising inner workings of atoms. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It might have been her imagination, but she remembered that sound from the many nights Hylla would sneak out of her own locked room and creep across the roof to check on her. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Scholastic philosophers had fertile imaginations and had often imagined looking at the Earth from far away, even from the stars; but they had not imagined that the Earth would shine like the brightest stars. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It seems increasingly likely that I really will undertake the expedition that has been preoccupying my imagination now for some days. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Intruder,” the voice says, and now it sounds like Jeanine, but that could be my imagination. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z How to start with the edges, the borders, and work in, using my imagination. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But long before Pacheco’s indestructible sow rose to prominence in the townsfolk’s fertile imaginations, another phantom was born to roam through the Miracle Valley wreaking all manner of curious havoc. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To her horror she saw that the sticky goo had been no figment of her imagination. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “It’s merely a figment of your overly active imagination,” Lori said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I have seen men stand up to attacks and torture without breaking, showing a strength and resiliency that defies the imagination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The worn scraps of fabric felt deliciously soft in my hands as I folded them in neat squares, transformed by my imagination into fine clothes for sale. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t think they realize that I have seen more than seven rated-R van Damme movies and my imagination is probably worse than what happened. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Was it my imagination or was the structure swaying? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Maybe it was my imagination, but the breeze-blown topiary creatures seemed to wave at us, too, with Adam nodding a somber farewell. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Maybe it was just my imagination, but I felt a gust of wind ripple out from her hand, across the room. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Understand his lunatic theory of matter and mind, the chilly intellect, the hot imagination, blocks and builder, reality as stress. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He is real—not a figment of my imagination! First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to lie in bed and relive all the courses in the Starlight Room. You should try that, Arm. You have the best imagination. Arm?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z His imagination had now run far beyond chaff- cutters and turnip-slicers. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He’d left home after high school with nothing but his wits and his imagination, and he’d used them to attain worldwide fame and amass a vast fortune. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I don’t know whether what I’m seeing, feeling, is real or not, imagination or memory. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The weather was warm, so their clothes were short and tight, leaving little to the imagination. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I’d ripped her off from Papa then let my imagination hand her a razor blade so she could finish what he’d started. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “It is limited only by your imagination,” said the palace. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It took a lot of imagination to see it as the bustling center of Ancient Rome. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We decided we had been Pervert Hunting, which was just like Demon Hunting except the enemy was real and dangerous instead of being the product of a kid’s overactive imagination. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Around her now, although it was surely her imagination, she seemed to be hearing the swish of giant tails. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “So it’s just my imagination, then? Am I going crazy?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Tendai liked the skill involved, but his imagination was a little too active. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z This is almost impossible for our imagination to accept. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Unable to reach him by phone and confined at home because Ernest had the car, she let her imagination magnify “all the horror stories about what excess radiation might do to the men.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I had formed a picture of him in my mind, and in my youthful imagination, I expected a Xhosa hero like Mqhayi to be tall, fierce, and intelligent-looking. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “By no stretch of the imagination or of standards of genius,” Sorokin concluded, “is the ‘gifted group’ as a whole gifted.’ Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Was it her imagination or did her parents look a little flushed? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The idea for a spy plane that could strike deep into Soviet territory had captured the imaginations of CIA planners since the beginning of the Cold War. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And is it just my imagination, or are the spots on my elbow getting bigger? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z But it’s better when the common threads are made explicit, because in the vast private web of a writer’s imagination, anything can be similar to anything else. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z My father had always said I had an active imagination, and I was good at inventing stories and games. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z They were a people of deep religious feeling, but they had little imagination. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Some might call this your imagination, but it’s not. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were closed, but the little girl, because of the shadows, her own distance, and her imagination, thought she saw a supplicating and humiliated expression on her sister’s face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “They didn't show the man's face in focus. Did you notice? Even your best friends couldn't tell if it was you. They scrambled it just enough to let the imagination take over. Hell,” he whispered. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z There was never lipstick to contrast with her straight black hair, while at the age of thirty-one her dresses showed all the imagination of English blue-stocking adolescents. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Consequently his letters had a certain ambiguous dignity calculated to catch at the imagination of a very special sort of reader. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Mystified, I was ready to chalk it up to my chemically enhanced imagination when I heard something crackle at my back. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I never suspected myself of such an imagination. Black hair, blue eyes, and white skin! What a strange man, and yet—quite handsome.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt that somehow they expected me to perform even those tasks for which nothing in my experience—except perhaps my imagination—had prepared me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Again his imagination got the better of him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s just my imagination, but I think I see Ruby sink an inch in her seat. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I imagine that pain and, even in my imagination, I can feel my heart bleed. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The creative process consists of a long series of leaps of the imagination and the artist’s attempts to give them form by shaping the material accordingly. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Let me be prosaic so far as facts can be; it will help me to bear up, and imagination must not run riot with me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z A light emerges, a light not kindled, Werner prays, by his own imagination: an amber beam wandering the dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She had often studied the map of the United States and crossed its plains, mountains, deserts, and rivers in her imagination. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Among those who let their imaginations roam was Robert Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He hurried to his car and set off for home, hoping he was imagining things, which he had never hoped before, because he didn’t approve of imagination. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z And when I turn, it isn’t my imagination talking, or Mrs. Rylance or Uncle Robert. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z My soft cloth dolls back home in Africa had no faces; we used our imagination to dream up their facial features and personalities. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Is it my imagination,” my dad asked, “or are you still grounded?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Maybe some of Tamika’s magic elixir could revive my dwindling imagination. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Probably everyone in Cannery Row had projected his imagination to how the party would be—the shouts of greeting, the congratulation, the noise and good feeling. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My imagination was fired by the glory of these African warriors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “My wild imagination,” the doctor said, setting down the chess set. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Is there anyplace in the Bible that justifies it—even by a stretch of the imagination, Father?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To hire an architect would have meant revealing the true character of the structure that suddenly had lodged itself in his imagination. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As I patrolled through the forest, my movie-saturated imagination began to run wild. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Wow! Is it imagination or do I feel heat?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It was a matter of faith; and of imagination, a thing Ralph had never considered before. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z When she heard it there came before her imagination the figure of a man standing be-side a desolate rock on the seashore. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Step outside the narrow borders of what men call reality and you step into chaos—ask Rinehart, he's a master of it—or imagination. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z How they had gotten there was beyond Zeitoun’s imagination, but they seemed ethereally content, luxuriating in their freedom. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Look, I know I was out of line. Sometimes my imagination gets the better of me.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was no more than a literally heated imagination, but the ground suddenly seemed distinctly spongy and resilient, as if I were walking across a mattress. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z So I was glad when I found her out back and she said she’d have me working in the garden that day, although calling it a garden required a whole lot of imagination. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Well, any two straight things can make a shadow of an X is what Mother told him, which is true, especially with a wild imagination coming into play. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the gym and the fields began the woods, our, the Devon School’s woods, which in my imagination were the beginning of the great northern forests. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe her imagination wasn’t just something that would keep landing her in trouble. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Now that she knew what was really going on, her imagination had a dark streak in it. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But the mother seemed not to notice the subject of the poems, or if she did, to ascribe the love scenes to her Yoyo's great imagination. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A thrilling image took shape in my imagination, of me in Maria’s role, the midwife’s daughter, confident, knowledgeable. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z At times there are chains of reverberating explosions, shaking everything: the imagination, as we say, is staggered. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose it was a question of imagination. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The imagination is one of our most mysterious facets. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Figure it must be my imagination, but then there’s another little sploink! The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z If a doctor'd told me the kid across the lake was my imagination, and that his voice was only words I thought, I wouldn't've argued. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Um, don’t think so, because I certainly wouldn’t have picked her if my imagination were in charge. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z So he was left to follow in the mental footsteps of the Ancients, using pure reason and imagination to try to come up with an explanation for the nature of the cosmos. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Cole let his imagination keep the bear visible awhile longer. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Your sketchbook. Dad says your imagination is what helped you get through the time you were trapped inside.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Valencia wasn’t a time-traveler, but she did have a lively imagination. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to control my imagination, to keep the shadows from becoming things they weren’t. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The woods played on our imaginations the most after dark, in our dorms as we were trying to fall asleep. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the story as it had lived in my imagination for thirteen years began replaying in my mind: the shooting of a boy, then of his father, then of his mother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In Lydia’s imagination, a visit to Brighton comprised every possibility of earthly happiness. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Some of the flyers and leaflets were filled with the poetic idealism that characterized the planning: The call caught the imagination of the people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In his imagination he was leaving another prison, long ago. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Although in the United States the women struggle to pay rent and eat, in the imaginations of their children back home they become deliverance itself, the answer to every problem. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z My emotions and imagination just like to work that way. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Sailing away in his imagination from the daily mangle of ship-breaking life. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z But my imagination has many missing pieces, like the jigsaw puzzle in the schoolroom. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Just because he’s a product of my imagination doesn’t mean he shouldn’t speak first. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Yet long before Leeuwenhoek such creatures had existed in the imagination of those who had grasped the full implications of the Scaling Revolution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Ain’t nothing to me. I just figured you to have more imagination than that, you being a writer and all.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z In retrospect, it is odd how little power the dead farmer exercised over an imagination as morbid and hysterical as my own. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s only my imagination, but it seems like Amelia takes forever to reply these days. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The scrubby vineyards and the crumbling stones become things of no account, for if I wish I can give rein to my imagination, and pick foxgloves and pale campions from a wet, streaking hedge. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z If you didn’t have a real good imagination you’d probably think those noises were the sounds of some kid blowing a hom for the first time, but I knew better than that. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The moon hid behind the clouds, and the night shadows played tricks on Amari’s imagination. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Something about that phrase—“peak of their careers”—struck his imagination. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z This, too, how the love works and then doesn’t: a mutual spectacle of imagination. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the faces for a long time, and when I’m sick of them I shut my eyes tight and let my imagination take over. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It’s wonderful to think what would happen if you put your imagination toward scientific ends. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I count steps to take my mind off my imagination telling me someone is right behind. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Even the most convincing illusion is the product of the artist’s imagination and understanding, so that we must always ask why this subject was chosen and made this way rather than some other way. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z For all his grand imagination, he couldn’t conjure an image of a monk shaving that golden head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Any enthusiasms that little Nel showed were calmed by the mother until she drove her daughter’s imagination underground. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Was it my imagination or was she sweating, too? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Will had little imagination but he had great energy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Her imagination worked so vividly that the pictures she saw behind her eyelids seemed, after a long time, as bad as anything her eyes might see, so she opened them. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “I’ll be the same,” I said, trying to indicate that I had no imagination whatever. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Working in a giant tower with hundreds of people was almost beyond his imagination. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But if he lets his thoughts go from the imagination with Daniel to the very real nest, other very real memories might come too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Anyway, at least Lolly’s shows more imagination than his future baby mama.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Schopenhauer’s theories, like Wagner’s operas, could not be described as succinct, and they are consequently hard to summarise briefly, but the idea that caught Wagner’s imagination was that we humans are essentially irrational, emotional animals. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In my imagination that courtroom seemed like the Colosseum, and it felt like I had one last speech. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z My imagination lit up like a Christmas tree, glowing with all the possibilities. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z You squeeze your brain one way, your imagination the other way, and see your mother peeking out the holes of crumbling abandoned buildings to stay dry when it snowed or rained. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was April’s imagination that made trouble when they got to the fence; because if she hadn’t been imagining she wouldn’t have been so nervous. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It requires you to use your imagination and take your mind in as many different directions as possible. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She brought the book to her nose—maybe it was her imagination, but she thought she smelled traces of lavender. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Still, this is one time I’m happy to believe my imagination. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Grace had a pretty active imagination, but even she couldn’t imagine all the ways her parents would say no to that. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But we can use our imagination; we can look upon what he subsequently did and surmise. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But my young mind was filled with self, and my imagination shivered at the prospect of seeing sombreros, rancheros, tortillas and Pancho Villa. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Down here, on his own, far beneath the surface of the earth, he couldn’t make an enemy of his imagination. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z We thought it was extremely funny, but we laughed even harder when Mr. van Daan told us that certain people have vivid imaginations. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “The Night Bazaar has had to adapt, change form, and account for things like families moving to new countries and imaginations evolving,” explained Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But something was missing in my imaginative efforts; my flights of imagination were too subjective, too lacking in reference to social action. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He was twenty-six, handsome, gentlemanly, with a bounding imagination. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His imagination twitched away from the mouse hunt. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is not particularly trying on my imagination.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I will massage a single hand. You will have to use your imagination to envision how this would feel across your entire body.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z My imagination soared; I dreamed of running away. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt that somehow they expected me to perform even those tasks for which nothing in my experience—except perhaps my imagination—had prepared me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Science never captured the imagination of the multitude. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I therefore did my damnedest to ignore my histrionic imagination and grimly followed Rob into the eerie blue labyrinth. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The gap is, however, often more apparent than real, for the meaning is usually intelligible to the imagination at some level. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it was probably just a figment of my overly active imagination.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The imagination and the spiritual strength of Shakespeare’s evildoers stopped short at a dozen corpses. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It may have been my imagination, but it seemed to me that he was favoring his left leg slightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Yes! Yes! Absolutely! No talent, no imagination, a fraud from top to bottom!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Bill by bill, and letter by letter, his scientific imagination was slowly choked by administrative work. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z To have to live without that single gift saddened him and left his imagination so bereft that he appeared dull even to the women who did not hate his mother. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A property man, dressed in black, moved items around the stage, concealed by his dark clothing, lighting, and the imagination of the audience. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I knew well therefore what would be my father’s feelings, but I could not tear my thoughts from my employment, loathsome in itself, but which had taken an irresistible hold of my imagination. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Achilles runs smoothly past the tortoise because the infinite points are simply a figment of Zeno's imagination, rather than a real-world construct. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was imagination, of course, but for a long while I hovered there over Bobby Jorgenson’s bunker. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “A neurologist does a lot more than test for brain tumors. If Mia’s problem is real and not in her imagination, then a neurologist will be able to test her brain functions.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z His soul overflowed with ardent affections, and his friendship was of that devoted and wondrous nature that the worldly-minded teach us to look for only in the imagination. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Above all, the music of this period was characterised - as were the contemporary sciences - by a powerful marriage of imagination and ambition. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I stared, wide-eyed, at Mr. Gunthrie, praying nothing about him was a figment of my imagination. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The whole thing was a figment of his imagination. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking hold of a pencil was like opening a tap inside her mind through which her imagination flowed. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I sing “Jolene,” and maybe it’s my imagination, but I hear a few voices out in the audience singing it back to me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Truman's program quickly snowballed into a general hunt for internal enemies, a "red scare" that gradually infected the imaginations of millions of American citizens. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Just when he had decided it was only his imagination, the light flickered again. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z This was pure imagination, however, as he had had no opportunity to tell Hermione what he had overheard. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Maybe everyone was right, maybe she did let her imagination run away with her, and maybe she could be a baby sometimes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I ask as my knees go weak and my imagination creates images of the crushing monster chasing after us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Is it my imagination, or is my own family louder than everybody else? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Most days. I have a really excellent imagination.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But the spectre of delivering a speech brown-nosing the teachers jammed her imagination. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was pure imagination, probably traceable in the beginning to lies circulated by Snowball. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Noah has an overactive imagination, written on every school report I’ve ever gotten. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z And was it her imagination, or were her hands glowing? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z And that stunted imagination is something I owe to my chains. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He listened at the door to make sure it wasn’t his imagination, then turned the knob. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He blinked again, but they remained fixed, no longer the dregs of his imagination. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As he stepped out into the yard under the sun, Seth wondered how much of what he had heard had actually been something chasing him, and how much had been invented by his flustered imagination. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It would help the children to cultivate the imagination denied them by television and would appreciably cut down on the incidence of juvenile delinquency. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Jimmy could still hear the gunshots, the shouting, and the screams in his imagination. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z At once my imagination began to weave ghosts. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At the critical point, the imagination makes connections between seemingly unrelated parts and recombines them. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve sometimes wondered. At any rate, don’t worry about Fern—she’s just got a lively imagination. Kids think they hear all sorts of things.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “A hint of feeling that we’re being watched, but it is likely just my imagination.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In her imagination, it was so beautiful, and it seemed so real. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Jack was the only person she knew with an imagination, at least a real one. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z But when I say ‘Jesus,’ I’m talking about a guy who walked the earth for thirty- three years like any other guy but caught the imagination of some PR cats. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Wasn’t writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Even in his imagination, it was impossible for him to steal anything or do anything really bad. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I’ll make my report as if I told a story, for I was taught as a child on my homeworld that Truth is a matter of the imagination. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The plane had just done a steep climb from the reservoir basin—maybe it’s just his imagination or a head rush from the climb. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But her eyes burn in the light, and although it's hot and might be my imagination, I think I see a small smile on the girl's face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z If I let my imagination go wild, I could picture every man on the street hiding a gun, waiting to attack. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Because the imagination responds to all three, it acts in lawful, if unpredictable, ways that are determined by the psyche and the mind. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “You told me the relics were my imagination,” he says. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And when she had been taken from him her imagination had been wholly unable to lend reality to the wickedness of which he stood accused—she, certainly, did not accuse him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Jam wondered if it was the thing who got to decide what was on the other side, or if what was there had always just been there, or if Bitter’s imagination had built it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z |
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