单词 | imagine |
例句 | I imagined her as a lovely colorful bird that could fly if she chose when she played the piano, and her voice soared in the most hypnotic tones. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But fiction has enabled us not merely to imagine things, but to do so collectively. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The haze dispersed, and Nhamo realized she was in a far worse situation than she could ever have imagined. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Because she had imagined that Odenigbo’s mother was already gone, she was dampened to see her on the sofa, dressed, fussing with a bag. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Lyra imagined the Chaplain speaking loftily, listening to the star daemons’ remarks, and then nodding judiciously or shaking his head in regret. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine what it was like to know that no matter whether my eyes were opened or closed it made no difference, everything was still dark. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But I can't imagine it being any more magical than it already is. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I blinked once, twice, wondering if I was imagining it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When I decided to seek out my treasure, I never imagined that I’d wind up working in a crystal shop, he thought. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z No one was sure later who was to blame that we were caught unaware, but then, the idea of blaming someone was too horrible to imagine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Actually, theoretical physicists were about to become more powerful than Oppenheimer had ever imagined. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t even begin to imagine how a black man could become so good in a sport dominated by whites. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “YESSS!!!!!” he answered, screaming, and I could tell right away that now was not the time to try to explain to him all I had learned and imagined about Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Once I slid down a zip line from the Hancock building and imagined what the marsh looked like full of water, blue-gray and gleaming under the sun. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I imagine his hands on me, wrestling me toward the tray, shoving me against the metal, pulling the straps that dangle from the tray across my body, too tightly. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I was dreaming it, imagining it, and yet I wished that it did not hurt so much to smile, so that I could. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She could only imagine, however, at last, that she drew his notice because there was a something about her more wrong and reprehensible, according to his ideas of right, than in any other person present. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “It’s nothing against you. I just can’t imagine her saying yes.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I had never seen the California sea, but I imagined it was very pretty. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z In the thin light, even the whirling boomerang print of the vinyl tablecloth seemed tranquil; it was easy to imagine Helen sitting across from her, head bowed, asking forgiveness. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally tried without success to imagine what a tousled Dr. Cable would look like. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I can imagine, as if I were in his place, how despondent he must sometimes feel at the quarrels. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She imagined a colorful extravaganza with bands and floats and thousands of marchers from all over the country, an event so bold and beautiful that it would demand notice from federal legislators. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes I took the picture out and just looked at Minerva, imagining the sadness surrounding her existence. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Usually in the morning. Sometimes in the afternoon. But I can’t imagine they’ll want prisoners arriving at the same time as guests.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine how life led her to this place, but I take out a dollar and throw it into her hat, bringing her total to two dollars. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I imagine them telling the Doctorita how I work in the fields, and the Doctorita assuming it’s a matter of time before I come begging for my job back. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine anything sadder than having once had a single body and then suddenly not being able to stay in any for longer than a day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Maybe she can't imagine needing a cop for anything other than a car accident. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I imagine our births were rather similar, except that on the same night I came into this world, the Angel of Death took my mother from it. Ever since then, I’ve had a gift.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I imagine life with only one hand and realize that it would be hard. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z But my memory is uncertain; I recall a summer storm in the town where we lived and imagine a summer my mother knew in 1929. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I have already been whatever you can say or imagine, every version of the newcomer who is always fearing and bitter and sad. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine what she was saying. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I couldn’t even imagine a room without the six of us in it. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I can imagine how ripped apart you must have felt and still sometimes feel. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The bus stop was eerily empty, and she imagined all the people who would have been crowded here, now in churches, singing and praying. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I’d have to tell her later it wasn’t the singsong word she might have imagined. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I had imagined her completely out of sight, near the bow beneath the tarpaulin, as far from the hyena as she could get. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I imagine that the serum is liquid adrenaline rushing through my veins, making me strong. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Gerald, fearful of what he might find, refusing to even imagine what he had discovered, raced across the cold floor and opened Angel’s door. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Every petal of blue lupin is edged with white, so that a field of lupins is more blue than you can imagine. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z All the way to the duplex on Winslow, he told himself he was imagining things. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But it was nice to imagine a version of my grandfather that didn’t make my grandmother cry. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z There was a pause; Tree-ear imagined Min nodding in polite agreement. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He cannot imagine being with her in the house where he is still Gogol. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine him ever lonely, or bored or despondent; his equanimity was bottomless, as was his lack of ambition, and he assumed that everyone else was much like him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It is nearly impossible for modem man to imagine what it is like to live by hunting. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined her face sharply and clearly so that nothing could come between us. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Back then, as the seasons had changed, I imagined my father less and less, until his face blurred in my mind like a reflection cast on restless waters. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z More butterflies took to the air as the largest fetterling I could’ve ever imagined tried to squeeze through a gap like a T. rex. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Not that I, even in my more histrionic moments, imagine that I am a member of that oppressed working class. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She imagined a mental frame around what she was seeing. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At first I imagined them in their seventies and then I guessed what they looked like in their twenties. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I can spend hours imagining a tiny version of myself living in those fancy, little houses. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine a magic square or the area of a circle or solving for jy, but it didn’t work this time. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t about to tell my friends that I loved my team and couldn’t imagine going through high school without them. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He breathed deliberately, imagining himself as calm as the pond. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I can imagine that some churchgoers may have been unsettled by this little old lady in a head scarf hanging out among a bunch of Christians. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I cannot show you what direction that is, but I can imagine it to exist. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Robin ran his fingers around the ugly cavity, imagining how it would feel to be struck with a mace. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z A real creature was much better than the monsters he’d imagined. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined loading the God of the Sea into a taxi and taking him to the Upper East Side. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I tried to imagine what Lee would have said, and went from there.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I can only imagine that he wanted to protect you,” she said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Nailer could imagine the dead crew boy’s ghost in the ducts with him, creeping through the darkness. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Really, Mr Stevens, I can just imagine your face if you were to be confronted by them now. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z How could they know I wasn’t making fools of them by saying things I didn’t really imagine? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I cannot imagine that I will ever come home for a homecoming game after I leave here, but it was fun to pretend that I was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “We saw the story on TV. I can’t imagine what it would be like to have something like this happen at our church.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z For all these months I’d imagined malaria as a stealthy, secret enemy, but now that it was fully upon me it was as real as anything. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve heard that a thousand people might be there! Can you imagine what the Governor will think when he sees us? I just hope we all have the courage to go through with it.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I sleep harder than I imagine possible and wake up early. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z My mom knew exactly what to do, and it was almost impossible for me to imagine her residing on the borders of sanity. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z They were not as heavy as I had imagined. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He imagined suddenly that he caught a muffled cry, and he made towards it; and even as he went forward the mist was rolled up and thrust aside, and the starry sky was unveiled. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine actually saying it in real life—unless I was using a Capitol accent and making fun of it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She couldn’t imagine how the night could possibly get any longer. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She imagined lizards sitting outside in the sun. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z We imagine them arranged in great lazy herds for as far as the eye can see, with patterns on their skin, an adaptive camouflage implying that they have problems too. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If you were a bird, you could imagine bowing down to him. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Hall tried to imagine what the post-war world would be like. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z How these were to be procured, no one was able to imagine. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I have to imagine my mind as something physical, something that can control the body. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He complained about the hair on his shoulders, but Miranda thought him perfect, and refused to imagine him any other way. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I could not imagine a movie more interesting than this day of mine, or a candy as sweet as the idea that Jason was real and might be my brother. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Malala,” I told myself, “there are real things to be afraid of. You don’t need to imagine danger where there is none.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At first, I think I’m imagining it and chide myself for letting Zak’s talk of the fey get to me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z 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 It made the hairs on her neck stand on end, but she told herself she was imagining things. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Can you imagine Jesse James without a gun, or a hen that didn’t cackle? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z All the imagined conversations had melted away into his big, sweet eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was the meanest thing she had ever imagined doing. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Now he imagined himself holding a needle in his hand. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the game, you imagine the lives of people in the cars around you. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Percy imagined Octavian laughing at them, but he decided not to let it get him down. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I imagined visiting the wicked country of Italy, where the men are taught to overcome virgins and the women know many freedoms. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He imagined just how it would go: him tying the knot on the pillowcase with the snake wriggling inside, then carrying the sack home like a triumphant bounty hunter. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z At first, I think I’m imagining the rumble. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He had often imagined to himself the pleasure it would be just to stroll once down Hancock’s Wharf, as he was strolling now. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was the same as every time since Naomi had come to live in his house: he needed to imagine her to finish. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 I could hear Daddy sleeping, too, and I imagined I could hear Via sleeping down the hallway in her room. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I cringe, imagining the bitter taste of apple seeds, and follow him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z From the day Papa Andrew mentioned the books until the day they arrived, we did nothing but imagine what our new American families would look like. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined Mother’s face when she arrived home and found what a splendid job I had done running the coffeehouse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z An Adele song comes on the radio, and as I imagine myself in a video hitting every note as well as her, I drift to sleep. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He was onstage and he was having a ball, and I’m absolutely thrilled because I’ve taken that kid to a place he never imagined and may never be again.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Could I imagine the scandal if people found out that his, Bailey Johnson’s, daughter had been cut by his lady friend? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I knew you were hiding something. But I never imagined...” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine it to be true, but I wondered it all the same. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They were written during the thirties, but much of it would still be up to date - after all, I do not imagine German bombs have altered our countryside so significantly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Some of the men had never been out of England before, let alone imagined a voyage to the southern continent. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Matt ate mechanically as he imagined the storeroom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She reads the Whitman and highlights “I tramp a perpetual journey,” because that’s the kind of thing she likes to imagine herself doing, the kind of thing she likes to plan. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z "Just imagine it's the burning sensation in your heart for Sandra." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z But even with their help, it was much more work than he had imagined. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, I imagine his ultimate dream would have been to become butler of a house like this one. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z So we may well imagine the flutter of excitement that swept through the Iowa Department of Natural Resources when in the mid-1980s the world’s geological attention focused on Manson and its crater. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I flop onto my back again, dig my fingers into the loamy soil and imagine Mom making that incredible painting, wishing with her hands, being that in love. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine someone could want them dead. They may have had some... unorthodox quirks, but they were good people.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I had sat there the way I did every time she did my hair—with my eyes closed and my head tilted down—secretly imagining Kira was my mother. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z "Look at your Shah, Mom. Here's your king sitting in a castle. Bet you never could have imagined this." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She was not a bit the way he had imagined she would be. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “If it is designedly done, they cannot be justified; but I have no idea of there being so much design in the world as some persons imagine.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The words wound through Aru, powerful enough that she imagined she could see them floating around her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She couldn't picture herself at a cheerful country school in the mountains any more than she could imagine going back to her parents. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The flashlight picked up an answering glimmer from the pearls, from the satiny hair ribbons, from the woman’s eyes: The image was finer and more delicate than either of them had imagined. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She imagined another air raid, bombs rolling out of a plane and exploding in the compound before she and Odenigbo and Baby and Ugwu could reach the bunker down the street. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Harry sincerely hoped the artist had imagined the looks of intense pain on their faces. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The longer I spent in Sing Sing, in fact, the easier it was to imagine anybody, anywhere, committing practically any crime. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She imagined her sitting on the bed working up the nerve. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It makes me scramble around in my head, trying to imagine my way around his commandment, but I cannot. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “No. But imagine how angry she’d be if my elbow slipped out.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined Hurricane Gloria building up force as it drew nearer, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I blew by them because I couldn’t imagine Jules sitting there with them, and as the guys continued to call my name, I didn’t bother looking back or answering. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Even as I begin to respond, I realize that she cannot imagine ever doing such a thing. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was better off knowing he was okay rather than imagining that another Mrs. Moss might be abusing him. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Walking down the dirt road that day, I imagined myself being brave and hitchhiking the three miles to my house. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He was how I imagined a Korean would be, at least one living in any renown. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Metal was the building’s bones,” I say, imagining metal sheets and beams buckling, glowing red. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I never imagined my parents would make me leave. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He was introducing me to a whole other world, one I had never imagined before we started writing to each other. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Mal looks like nothing you know or can imagine, neither goblin nor troll nor imp nor demon. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z What was up with this Noah kid, I couldn’t imagine. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “Good,” I said, and I imagined two leather chairs near a fire in a paneled room, where two old soldiers could drink and talk. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine the child my mother was, crouched in one of those lean-tos, scrambling for weapons because they meant an ounce of safety, choking on smoke to keep warm in the winter. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Julia and I could look up at the canyon rims on either side of us and imagine the towering monolithic face of a one-hundred-fifty-foot-tall death trap that stretched across the sky from west to east. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z This was because I was imagining that I was a missile, being hurled from the equator into the northern hemisphere. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She could only imagine what it looked like, the people on their errands, the busy shops, the buggies and carts navigating each other. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z No. He thought it was because he wanted Calixte to be right: for the truth to be stranger than anything they could imagine. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He’s getting fanned down by the finest girls you could ever imagine. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I can imagine it, their curiosity: Are they happy? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no space in my head to imagine that we nine would need the same armed forces that had defended us from danger abroad. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Eventually it is about all you can imagine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she imagined that he was someone else too, someone back in her village. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He imagined himself gripping the wheel, as Shoba turned around to hand the children juice boxes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And until recently, I was the First Lady of the United States of America—a job that’s not officially a job, but that nonetheless has given me a platform like nothing I could have imagined. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Are you sure you didn’t imagine the whole thing?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She imagined the voice of Gaea filling this cavern. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Before they got into their separate cars, they hugged, both murmuring, “So good to see you,” and she imagined his driver and her driver watching them curiously. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The storm gave plenty of warning, but when it finally arrived, it was much worse than Tally had imagined weather could be. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Adina had the disconcerting feeling that the ground beneath her was not as solid as she imagined. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It took Tally ages to get to sleep, imagining the leap from the hilltop down into uncertainty. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I could imagine him looking away, not caring what I did anymore. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I push past the stars into that dark light, and you can’t imagine how it feels. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine what he’s going to do once he realizes the ring and the locket are gone? What if he moves the Hogwarts Horcrux, decides it isn’t safe enough?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Do you imagine suits like this come cheap?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Something in the way he said it made Lyra imagine dust with a capital letter, as if this wasn’t ordinary dust. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I guess I can imagine us having perfect nights sometimes. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Phones get hacked. Can you imagine if somebody knew your combo was 36-24-36?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The NACA’s work—more intense and interesting than she ever would have imagined—would remain her work for the duration. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z You could imagine the Brown Pelican standing over the Black-Backed Gull at the moment when the gull most needed him and saying that maybe the sky won’t be lost after all. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It is easier to imagine a world in which we tolerate racial differences by being blind to them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I imagined the plain wooden crucifix above the altar swinging back and forth as Father Amadi raised the host at consecration. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z As hard as I tried, it was impossible to imagine. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She’d only just left the Night Zoo for the first time since she and her parents had become indentured there, so it felt impossible to imagine something as far away as the Kusonga Plains. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I imagine her to be a fun grandmother to the three boys in the pictures that decorate her office. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine him pulling the covers from his body, stepping from that chair, the two of us going for a walk around the neighborhood, the way we used to walk around campus. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Alone on his bed, unable to concentrate on what he was reading, he would imagine how Amanda looked naked, wrapped in her long black hair with all her noisy adornments, like an idol. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I like imagining her making me a sandwich, imagining that it will make me happy. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She tried to imagine the inhabitants of the ruined house in their new country, but she knew too little about it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As you can imagine, ABC News disputes this study vigorously. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had the wilderness kit whistle in her backpack, and now could not imagine why. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I imagine the holiday show and the combined music rehearsal and everyone all together—it’ll be even louder than this. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The family home in the north—Briony imagined streets of blackened mills, and grim men trudging to work with sandwiches in tin boxes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It can be imagined how Greece rang with the praises of the young man who had cleared the land of these banes to travelers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the back of the ambulance, with Fiona, I had tried to imagine a string that wrapped around my hand. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There is egocentrism, the inability of children to imagine a simple scene, such as three toy mountains on a tabletop, from another person’s vantage point. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I tried to ease myself back into normal breathing, but I imagined all the things that could have happened to him at war. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I imagine he was drunk like most of Chicago,” Officer Rariden continued in a low, bored drawl. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It’s like everything I imagined for myself last night while I was alone in bed and Arthur was on the phone listening with me, except we’re really together this time. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He swung himself up, branch by branch, and imagined he was Silas, swarming smoothly up a sheer brick wall. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It was frankly hard to imagine real life happening there. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z For, of course, I was required to hurry upstairs to serve some of the most distinguished gentlemen of the land and I cannot imagine I would have delayed unduly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I cannot imagine the details of that conversation, but I know that for Audrey it must have been a tremendous relief, laying my words before our mother, finally able to say, I’m not crazy. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine they would ever change their minds and allow their children to go to school with me, no matter what laws those men on the Supreme Court made. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried and failed to imagine her, this woman who could after so many years renounce altogether her husband, break the bond that must surely have existed despite his long absences. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help but stare back, imagining how life would be for that little girl without her father. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He could just imagine himself running down to the field, wearing his starched white shirt and pretending he wasn’t, begging to play with Willis Hurd. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It takes some imagining, but finally I see myself playing H.O.R.S.E. with Erin as the sun sets through the trees and the stars poke through the endless sky above. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But this morning, I’d woken up to a yellow paper taped to the door of my apartment, its words printed in the largest font you can imagine. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A well of rage and fear opened up inside her, bigger than anything she could imagine or understand, bigger than that brachiosaurus that had helped them, bigger than the world. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I imagined what would happen when my family discovered I was missing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I’d been imagining myself frowning at the crowd from our usual bolt-hole and worrying over whether I’d do well enough in the tournament to impress one of the royal family into granting me knighthood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Can you imagine being unable to move your own head? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she varied by saying, “I can just imagine.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It makes it easy to imagine her past, and her future, to picture her growing old. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z What Shoemaker and his colleagues found was that there was more risk out there–a great deal more–than anyone had ever imagined. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z You can’t imagine the screaming, shouting, stamping of feet and swearing that went on. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I let myself dream: I imagined conversation and laughter over dinner instead of silence broken only by the clinking of silverware and the occasional grunt. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We’d heard rumors of rain in the river valleys west of us, and those tales aroused the deepest thirst you can imagine—the thirst of dying crops and animals. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This is why people began collectively to imagine the existence of limited liability companies. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined spiderwebs in my bones and turned my palm towards the moon, watching the ballet of bones between my elbow and wrist twist to make it so. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Cole imagined the cold, the rain, carrying water, keeping a fire going, doing school- work, and long, long hours of being alone and bored. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He imagined a bunch of demigods in dark robes trying to quietly roll a scorpion ballista through the front doors. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The man’s eyes glazed over, imagining such possessions; he drifted by degrees into a trance. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Chicago, I was learning, was a much bigger city than I’d ever imagined it to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I imagined we would begin our new lives tomorrow. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She imagined Otrera sitting there with her fine robes and her silver hair, ordering her warriors to attack Rome. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “From something that he said, my dear Emma, I rather imagine—” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He imagined himself on Mount Tamalpais, north of San Francisco, fighting at the old Titan stronghold. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He couldn’t imagine hosting a pity party about it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I think that as we listened to the William Tell Overture, we were supposed to be imagining the Lone Ranger and Tonto riding their horses through the desert. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z It was not at all the way she’d imagined the ending. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z That was pretty much the best thing Magdalys could imagine happening. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She didn’t say it, but I imagine she was grateful I was still alive—that all three of her children who were at church were alive. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the dinner, it seemed like we were all connected in some strange way that none of us had imagined, and it stayed that way as we came to practice on Monday. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I thought this was funny; I couldn’t imagine the hospital in Swat having a communications office. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Who knows. Perhaps they can drain it, tighten the soil; they have resources beyond our imagining. Or perhaps they wish to grow rice for their own men.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine that he would have loved to see me in one, though he'd never mentioned it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Thanks to the appearance of fiction, even people with the same genetic make-up who lived under similar ecological conditions were able to create very different imagined realities, which manifested themselves in different norms and values. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined it flying on until it spied a narrow green valley, a scooped-out basin with a creek looping and winding its way through the center. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I imagine he’s got a trigger word that sets him off. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But despite all the hell-raising and destruction and chaos he had created in our lives, I could not imagine what my life would be like—what the world would be like—without him in it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I thought it was heaven when I first found it. I couldn’t imagine anything better than that. And all the time it was full of Specters, and we never knew....” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Right, and if you can imagine, those big ears on a little puppy. His ears are the same size now as when they brought him here, only his body was, like, half as big.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z An ambulance drove down the street between us, and I imagined who it was carrying, and what had happened to him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z In the light of the next day, I tried to tell myself that I had only imagined the great evil of the scene the night before. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Auntie slept too quietly, and on these mornings when he buttoned up his jacket and went out the door, he imagined she was watching him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “I observed you with General Lee. I would imagine that there are weighty technical matters that occupy your mind.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined my life without her and without them, and I didn’t like it either way. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z When Volpe tells me about his younger years, I imagine them taking place in black-and-white, like in an old movie. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She ate one raw: it was warm and soft and delicious beyond imagining. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine her having any other life apart from that. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The neckline was only an inch below her collarbone, but it was loose-fitting, and I imagined that if she bent it would give a full view. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But even if I begged my parents to do this, I can’t imagine them giving in. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She found it hard to imagine the little pudgy lady on horseback, but who could tell? The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Though it was different, he could not have imagined what it would be like. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z And then he saw something so bizarre he thought he had imagined it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z While I planted the young beans, I tried to imagine life in that orphanage. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I look at the mountains and imagine the geological movements of plates beneath Earth’s crust over millenia. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have lately imagined that I saw symptoms of attachment between them—certain expressive looks, which I did not believe meant to be public.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Maybe I was imagining it, but for the first time in a long while, my brother seemed to be mine again, and I didn’t realize until just that moment how much I’d missed him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I stood there staring at the marble block, trying to imagine what lol would’ve looked like, when the feeling of being a giant that I had carried with me all day started to wear off. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I wonder if Tobias will sit in it; if he’ll grin at me over breakfast; if he’ll look at me in that secret, stolen way that I imagine myself looking at him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But he didn’t want to fall asleep thinking about all the ways he’d failed in life, so he decided to imagine what he would do differently if he was ever rescued. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I said I imagined her father had had quite an extraordinary vocabulary. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z So I try to imagine what it would have been like to drop by the gallery, chat with her over a coffee. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He even asked her if she wanted to play it, and she snorted despite herself, imagining this tall, strange man with ice-chip eyes crouching in the boxwoods. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The Europeans couldn’t imagine a reasonable society failing to take that step, and it’s hard for us to imagine even now. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She imagined what her mother would say to her, showing up at a place like this wearing a spire-fighting uniform, but it was too late to worry about that now. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z About twenty purple-and-gilt chairs stood in two rows here, and Harry, filing into the front seats with the Weasleys, looked down upon a scene the likes of which he could never have imagined. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I imagine it will be little more than a pale line, provided he can avoid tearing open his wound.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine Mom being happy with Marcus, knowing how she felt about him now. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I imagined that the news of Mommy’s marriage crashed through the Jewish community like an earthquake. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When we finished rehearsal that night, I could almost imagine myself leaping out into the airy elements and dropping the insubstantial pageant of life behind me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z It was not the machine I imagined, or the machine I had worked so hard for. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I knew where they put corpses in the mortuary was different, yet I imagined Papa- Nnukwu s body being folded into a home refrigerator, the kind in our kitchen. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I imagine the cottage feels haunted at night, but surrounded by trees in the spring sunlight, it is beautiful. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I imagine myself as he must see me, a sullen girl sitting in judgment of him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was low and throaty, as ominous a thing as he could imagine. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Richard went around to the front door and rang the doorbell and imagined Kainene coming to the door and telling him she was fine, she had simply wanted to spend some time alone. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Jimmy stared at the diorama, imagining a long column of people and horses. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z As a result, she imagined that the pupils at her mother’s Thursday workshops were her uncles’ children. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to imagine what it must feel like to live in one place for so long. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z To help you imagine this, here are animations of a single wave reflecting back and forth and standing waves. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It became a sick sort of game, imagining ways to kill myself. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I can’t place the memory specifically in time; I imagine this is one of those traumatic moments that Dr. Keyes worked so hard to help me forget, but somehow it still lingers. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z We can imagine our ancestors gazing idly up on some night a hundred thousand years ago and noting a strange cloud arising from the unilluminated part of the Moon, suddenly struck by the Sun’s rays. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank glanced at Hazel to see if he’d imagined it, but Hazel looked just as surprised. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I've tried to imagine,” said Montag, “just how it would feel. I mean to have firemen burn our houses and our books.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I imagine I sit under a blanket of stars with Lita; so many scattered in its darkness, if you squinted the entire sky would fill with glitter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Afterward, he sat down in the kitchen and pulled at his toenails and imagined what was going on in the bedroom. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I could imagine those bloodshot eyes, set in that massive, scarred black face, sweeping over the sea. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined a pigeon would have a good life at the seashore. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z How naïve he’d been, to imagine it was all a matter of understanding. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z You can imagine the situation: the pale knights starting to their feet in the candlelight, the ineffectual attempts at aid, and their supposing eyes turning upon one another with ashamed suspicion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She tries to imagine how it will feel when her grandmother doesn’t recognize her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I could just imagine some report going into my file describing my home life. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “How many stars in the sky?” he repeats, cracking open an eye to stare at the ceiling like he’s imagining the night sky. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z At least when she was home in Soweto, I could picture her cooking in the kitchen or reading in the lounge, I could imagine her waking up in the house I knew so well. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I can imagine myself there, a permanent guest in my guest room, walking barefoot into the kitchen to pour myself mugs of coffee or glasses of water. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I imagine the gate opening and closing and him being safe on the outside. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I imagined we would go to the woods and hike and swim, then go to sleep in a bed in a house. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In any event, this was not a moment of high glamour for me, not a time I could really imagine blow-drying my hair and putting on a business suit. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z "That's what he said. Can you imagine me wanting to kill myself, and coming round to chat about it with a whole pack of strangers, and most of them no better than myself..." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z But whatever it was he scented or imagined showed equal cunning, and never appeared. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Don't they know about the horror stories we imagine to explain the secrets? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z While he had successfully trapped the prairie dog, the rest of his invention wasn’t quite the success Chase imagined. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z While William Faulkner sweated in California trying to imagine what their lives must be like, hundreds of young airwomen were flying and fighting and dying over the battlefields of the Soviet Union. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I think Henry Stone might have stared between me and June a little too long then, but maybe I was imagining it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He wants me to imagine what a three- dimensional universe would look like to someone who was perfectly flat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I imagined them calling their friends on the phone. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Now imagine trying to stand on top of those two towers of soda cans and balance in your big shoes. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I didn’t know why I was so shaken, but I was, just imagining all that I didn’t know. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z As you can imagine, this wasn’t an idea that came easily to Nickelodeon. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined myself riding a tan horse into the summer sunset, swatting any mosquito that tried to sting my awesomeness. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Ishmael Chambers tried to imagine the truth of what had happened. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He looked much younger and smaller than I had imagined—like a little boy in his green shorts and shirt. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I keep trying to convince myself I’m being hypersensitive, that I’m imagining all this because I think they’re going to hate me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z From behind them suddenly, closer than they imagined, they could hear the roar of Humperdinck: “Stop them! Cut them off!” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She had imagined a soaring dome, a richly colored Ezine carpet, but the room is just a simple auditorium. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A more obvious rapping on Richard Parker’s door couldn’t be imagined. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z What do you imagine North America looked like when colonizers first came from Europe? An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Distanced, but more alert, or am I imagining it? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But, as an indulgence, let us imagine that intelligent life once evolved on such a planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As you might imagine, though, no one wanted that task. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine? What a doozy that would be.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Everybody around you starts dying! Heart attacks! Strokes! Cancer! People you’ve known your whole life are just gone! People you love! Can you imagine how painful that is?” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z And she pressed her palm against her injury, trying to imagine a bit of ice melting into the burn, taking the pain away. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z If Andhra Pradesh, just north of us, was alien, if Sri Lanka, a monkey’s hop across a strait, was the dark side of the moon, imagine what Canada was. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I imagined the sound, or maybe it’s something else, like the can of beans from dinner the night before last. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She tried to imagine a meal with that many people and couldn’t. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “But it won’t be easy. Everybody is very poor in Japan. While you were sleeping, your mother spoke with one of the soldiers. He said you can’t imagine how poor.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “No doubt about it,” Mr. Huffer agreed sadly, and I imagined he struck his classic one-hand-on-hip mournful pose while his other hand reached out to pat someone on the shoulder. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I never would’ve imagined that “perfect” Orange County could go so utterly insane. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I even imagined us pulling up behind the Dumpster at the 7-Eleven for a few minutes so I could fill him in on what had happened. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I imagined old Ikwa once again sitting on a branch next to me, quietly watching the sun set. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z To look at him was to imagine a man cut from stone, so heavy did he seem, so void of motion. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I suppose he wanted to remove that last fuel tank, but I can’t imagine what possessed him to light his torch without first draining the fuel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Far from it. I was tormented by the contrast between my idea and my handiwork: in each case I had imagined something which I was quite powerless to realise.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z As you can imagine, convincing my parents to let me spend part of my summer on a tiny island off the coast of Wales was no easy task. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I think of my mom and imagine her walking down our driveway and leaving Dennis Port. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It didn't take much effort to imagine those same gossip sessions happening at some other dining table, with her own family as the subject. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He did not disagree with his aunty, though, because he was too choked with expectation, too busy imagining his new life away from the village. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps she would remember how she had once wanted to trade her life away for an eternity she could not imagine. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I say, more softly than I imagined myself doing. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I imagined Mami just now seeing them, draped brightly on the backs of chairs, and going to the window once again to watch for car lights. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If you have ever seen a small dog trying to get its teeth into an enormous ball, then you will be able to imagine roughly how it was with the sharks and the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I imagined Mrs. Cadaver touching her husbands face. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I kept glancing over at his leg, or the place where his leg had been, trying to imagine what the fake leg looked like. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z In the middle of a Mexican tropical jungle, imagine! Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t fair to have waited for so long to read a book that was less than what I’d imagined. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine. People think they see all kinds of things, I suppose. Well, of course, she didn't see him,” he added testily to Charles, who looked rather troubled. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I would imagine Malcolm, his body bound in a cell, studying the books, trading his human eyes for the power of flight. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I could imagine us going out somewhere, anywhere, and someone saying something awful to me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Now we were being driven out by a force the writer could never have imagined—the Taliban. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It made us giggle, Conrad and me, just to imagine what she might be making for us this year. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A danger imagined had become present and real, and her mother was already searching for a way to break Florence’s will. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Two: imagine all the people at school in their underwear. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They could not come close to imagining my thoughts in that picture. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He can’t imagine how somebody was able to put together something like this so fast. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She couldn’t imagine what was in the foul-smelling container or what its origin might be. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I never imagined such a thing, never imagined I wouldn’t have to go to Roosevelt, to Asshat High with everyone else, I’m pretty sure the blood just started glowing inside my body. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She could imagine how she might abandon her ambitions of writing and dedicate her life in return for these moments of elated, generalized love. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Stella could almost imagine going out to check her chickens for eggs and finding a big old eagle egg sitting there. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Here is something I love about Gat: he is so enthusiastic, so relentlessly interested in the world, that he has trouble imagining the possibility that other people will be bored by what he’s saying. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine how terrible it would make me feel if Mom or Dad decided that I was “too much to balance.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It was such hard work to imagine houses here that the idea of them became itself a kind of roof, with walls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The Savage tried to imagine it, not very successfully. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She imagined he would smell bad, belch, and scratch himself a lot, and speak mostly in grunts. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She breathed heavy, panting in the shade as she imagined her father’s face, his smile, his voice. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And you tilted your head to the side, flashed your smile, and— though I’m probably imagining this—I think I even saw you bat your eyes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “They brought the kids from the orphanage here?” asked Harry, who could not imagine a less cozy spot for a day trip. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine how they felt when they knew the Gestapo was coming up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z "Oh, sure. You killed my mother. You can imagine I'm dying to help you out." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “To imagine that for reasons of respectability, if you lived in North Carolina, you would want to be a Presbyterian rather than a Baptist doesn’t play anymore.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps the Briony who was walking in the direction of Balham was the imagined or ghostly persona. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Yes, I can imagine them doing that. But don’t worry. Your son can take care of himself. All your children can take care of themselves.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 So it was quite easy to imagine her the product of an unsatisfied mother who unduly stressed the desirability of professional careers that could save bright girls from marriages to dull men. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I know you will probably never see this, but it was nice imagining that I had you here to talk to. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z And sometimes I imagined figures slipping into the shadows when I passed. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She hesitated, briefly imagining a life in East Texas without Henry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I had imagined her to be proud in her isolation from the sisters, but she seems glad of my company. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She had been meaning to read it for a while now, and imagined she would like it since Blaine did not. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He said he couldn't imagine what kind of horrible person would steal from homeless children. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z As the details of the operation buzzed around in her head, she could imagine why Shay had run away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When the officers had left, I imagined them returning to the mainland, writing up a report, telling stories in the pub, spreading the news that the mysterious southerner really had been digging for treasure. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z In their silence, we imagined all sorts of horrors. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “And so, since we will not be destroying these heroes ... I imagine we should honor them. Let the triumph celebration begin!” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In her head she began to imagine the story that would go with that place. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “This kind of conversation depresses me more than you could possibly imagine,” the young man told him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There seemed to be everything here, every creature Meggie could imagine, and even more that she could never have dreamed existed at all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z On the other hand, can you imagine how Michelangelo and the children felt sharing a cart with a living, breathing king of France? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I imagined him moving me around with the other pawns in his power game. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Just imagine,” Bep giggled, “there you are shopping at The Bijenkorf and you ask the way to the can. They wouldn’t even know what you were talking about!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Satchmo had always imagined the inside of her house was like an old boxing gym. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z For instance, imagine that you are measuring the length of a pencil. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The women watched the bright blue door on the second-story porch, and they imagined unspeakable scenes between the Night Swan and their husbands or sons. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Settling back in his swivel chair, his feet up on the desk and his eyes closed, he began imagining how beautiful everything would be once he was squadron commander. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It was easy to imagine old King Aerys perched up there, bleeding from some fresh cut, glowering down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I had imagined today warm, with seagulls winging across a blue sky, not overcast and damp. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In the escape of Ba’s tales, they could forget that Minli was not with them and imagine that she was there listening. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Tally imagined herself by his side, just as beautiful, spending every day doing nothing but talking and laughing and having fun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Through the years more people than I could have ever imagined began following my surgeries and my treatments and my visits to Saint Grace’s, sticking with me through my awkward braces phase and everything. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “I’ve been thinking about how to tell you for a long time. Longer than you can imagine.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He couldn’t imagine what was going to happen next. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But if it did mean something, they couldn’t imagine what. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Jam tried to imagine Lucille’s angels as hunters, remembering how Bitter had told her they’d had to do dark things, hard things. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z And I recall that even then I had not yet begun to imagine the perils that tangle us. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He cannot imagine coming from such parents, such a background, and when he describes his own upbringing it feels bland by comparison. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine what you must be going through, Conor,” Miss Kwan said, so quiet it was almost a whisper, “but if you ever want to talk, my door is always open.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z And if they stepped away from the Doors for any reason, she imagined the elevator would close and disappear without them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A child’s natural decorum makes me refrain from imagining the scene in much detail. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She imagined herself on a boat back to China. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Discharged with or without honor, fired with or without severance, dispossessed with or without notice, they hung around for a while and then could not imagine themselves anywhere else. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z All three of their hearts pounded—none of them would have imagined hours earlier what kind of night this would turn out to be. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Lawrence the experimentalist and Oppenheimer the theoretical man formed about as strong a team as you could imagine in physics,” James Brady told an interviewer years later. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I forced the memory out of her mind, imagining nothing but air where Black Betty had been in the parking lot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I am only imagining the corner bike racks and the double locks, because I never went home with him, never saw his life, never knew that person Gat was when not on Beechwood Island. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It is only after four days pass that I begin to imagine other possibilities. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine it could be more intense than the baths, which have become an almost nightly event, and I can’t wait to find out. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z How could she have imagined for one minute that she could betray him? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stop imagining being strapped to a table while a cabal of evil doctors removed my soul. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He imagined watching the oar drifting away out to the open bay and wondered how he would ever get across if that happened. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I shut my eyes and imagined a vast, silent void. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like they know things older than you could ever imagine.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z So she sat down with her dead-or-maybe-not mother, who I imagine was not breathing by then but wasn’t yet cold either. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “One is too many, yes, but still, this place isn’t what I would have imagined. No overseer. No more work than the people can manage...” “...no decent housing,” I cut in. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z White found it easy to imagine himself a Haitian. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I imagined our pink vinyl booth at Ming Palace, the fish tank and those fish that saw only their own reflections. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There is much speculation, as might be imagined, as to whether we shall remain at Norfolk, now that it is razed, or whither we might go. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z This conversation hasn’t gone the way I imagined it would, but I’m doing my best to salvage what’s left of it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Hazel tried to clear her mind and imagine the scene through Sciron’s eyes—what he desired, what he expected. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I have no doubt of his being a very respectable young man. I know, indeed, that he is so, and, as such, wish him well. What do you imagine his age to be?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z We can, following Abbott, imagine a world of one dimension, where everyone is a line segment, or even the magical world of zero-dimensional beasts, the points. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine her in anything other than a Starbucks getup or a plaid skirt. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z In the next aisle, Mama goes for the biggest bag of rice I’ve ever seen, and I imagine her cooking me magic beans and rice, like in Daddy’s stories. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Deleting his e-mails took a click, and after the first click, the others were easier because she could not imagine reading the second if she had not read the first. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She imagined it as a force field, deflecting all Rosa’s stupid comments. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I was kind of stunned by imagining all the bloody carnage and I slumped back onto my bed pillow when I noticed a bubbling river of blood running out my nose and across my lips. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the Scientific Revolution, Bacon and Descartes were amongst those with plans for thoroughgoing intellectual change, but their plans were castles in the air, and neither of them imagined what Newton would achieve. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They tumbled out, the idiotic words, just as I had imagined them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But we do not need to imagine such a meeting. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It wasn’t as soft as he’d imagined, but it smelled fresh, and the coolness of the air was good, too. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Little by little he remembered fewer and fewer of the details, until finally he had to imagine them, even fabricate them, guess what they must have been. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought I was imagining it before,” Denna said, looking up at me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine what it would be like. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Five hundred thousand dollars was a sum she could not even imagine. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine my mother at the stove, hovering over bran pancakes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine our future without him and Muthu in it. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He’d imagined it would be like the clear, narrow stream that came out of the kitchen faucet, only bigger, and horizontal instead of vertical. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He imagined the homemade box was probably full of nails or broken glass set at cruel angles for a similar purpose. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Water must be different for them, she thought to Pantalaimon: imagine drops the size of your fist! The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z If he replied that he was, his new friends might address him so for the future, and he could imagine what Bigwig and Silver would have to say about that. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The culture we belong to and the legacies passed down by our forebears shape the patterns of our achievement in ways we cannot begin to imagine. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Though Julie laughs at everyone, she especially likes to laugh at Miss Ornsby and say, 'No wonder Miss Ornsby isn’t married. Can you imagine living with that on a daily basis?’ It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “It’s the fever. It makes me imagine things.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Then Kepler imagined that the second focus was infinitely far away: the second focus was a point at infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The squall wind was in the tops of the palms and I could imagine how they looked in the night sky, thrashing against each other high over our little cay. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, my brain was at 100 percent imagining spending a weekend with Annie at her house. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We imagined the places we would go and the people we would meet, far away from Bartlett, Indiana, population 14,983, where we felt like aliens from some distant planet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine how many thousands of gallons of water the glass held back, but he was surprised to see that the tank was empty. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He thought a lot about Ifemelu, imagining what she was doing, how her life had changed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes I try to imagine I can see things I really can’t. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I never imagined my first kiss to be this way, but I guess it could be worse. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I imagine I’d been shoving that ice cream dish under her nose for five or six weeks before somehow it began to sink in that she wasn’t like the rest. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like what she imagined a college dormitory to be. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Are you consulting your own feelings in the present case, or do you imagine that you are gratifying mine?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z My mouth watered, not just from imagining the taste but also from knowing how much better I’d feel with warm, sweet jam in my mouth. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine living in a house like this, with an actual yard and everything. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t imagine a proper young lady like you would have come for the interview otherwise,” he said, giving her a sly, sideways look. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Jorge Borges, in his recent bestiary of mythical creatures, notes that the idea of round beasts was imagined by many speculative minds, and Johannes Kepler once argued that the earth itself is such a being. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I laughed imagining how bitter their white juices would taste if Father Amadi had really sucked them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z When I imagined sketching the commander, I had no problem, until I got to his head. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He imagined the Romans drawing up battle lines right now, encircling Camp Half-Blood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I imagined it was the tailwinds of the shark and I breathed in. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There are also more baseball caps than I can imagine anyone needing, but I figure he’s not allowed to wear those to school. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I can only imagine the film’s latest horrors, its flaunting of vulgarity in the face of theology and geometry, taste and decency. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes this fellow’s music was like little colored pieces of crystal candy, and other times it was the softest, saddest thing she had ever imagined about. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “And why do you imagine that we bring people to this place?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And as he often did, he imagined that his dad was still alive, that it had all been some horrible mistake, a mix-up in the hospital, mistaken identity. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I can't imagine what fills your days so that you don't have time to write to an old friend. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I imagined capturing several rebels at once, locking them inside a house, sprinkling gasoline on it, and tossing a match. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I cut out each word of the poem, already imagining how I would rearrange them for a new poem. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “With Esme off caring for her father and him working full-time and taking care of Ruby by himself, I can’t imagine he’s had time to do anything that would cause any harm.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z But I simply had to stifle it by imagining what I’d be thinking in twenty years when it would all come down to the same thing anyway. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I said, imagining riding with the wind against my scalp. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I can't imagine my own parents being able to keep such a secret from each other. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine being in this house, in this life, without him. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then she imagined the trees as they would soon look in the full blaze of autumn color—and then afterward, in winter, as a field of bare-branched giants standing on a blanket of white. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Virgin and Child #1, she read on the placard, and she allowed herself to imagine for a moment that the child in Mia’s arms was her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was always so beautiful to stare up at that white ceiling and imagine only clean beautiful places, where the reward for living a pure life was a great loaf of warm bread. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He loved playing rough; I couldn’t imagine my casting him off was enough to anger him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She also had hallucinations, imagining that they were walking down the halls on tiptoe—tiny, cunning, furtive gnomes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not imagine, on any day to come and no matter how greatly he might be changed, wanting to take his father’s hand. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Chacho reacted instantly to any real or imagined insult to his mother. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she imagined herself safely installed in the Richardsons’ kingdom, half obscured in the background, keeping watch over her daughter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Now Coraline saw, or imagined she saw, three shapes, each as faint and pale as the moon in the daytime sky. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Can you imagine him a colleague of yours? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Not being the Margo I thought I had finally imagined correctly. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “You’re right, Stella. He loves me. And these past few weeks without him have been harder than I could’ve imagined. I love him.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I can imagine staring into them for a long time. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z It is not impossible to imagine priority disputes without the printing press, but in fact there are no priority disputes that we know of which predate printing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He could not sleep, so he had eased a hand between his legs and imagined the septa atop him, breasts bouncing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In a related exercise, Democritus imagined calculating the volume of a cone or a pyramid by a very large number of extremely small stacked plates tapering in size from the base to the apex. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined Trina out there somewhere, being held by the bonfire people, probably even crazier with another day gone and the debacle of the forest fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I try to imagine these men and their game, for it helps place my own regrettable acts on a broader field, where they seem smaller. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This is taking a long time, much longer than she ever imagined, which is likely going to be problem number three. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Now it’s hard to imagine feeling that way. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Just imagine how interesting it would be if I were to publish a novel about the Secret Annex. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z This time I didn't have to imagine it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Frank asks, like he just can’t imagine the ways these clues could ever line up in the right order. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I imagine you could make it up to both Lady Lackless and myself if you found some sweet nettle for the pot tonight.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then Kino might have thought he had imagined the sound. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “The sooner we get some casualties, the sooner we can make some progress on this. I’d like to get in the Christmas issue if we can. I imagine the circulation is higher then.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But I am not a lying fool and these hot dogs were not the juicy frankfurters you are probably imagining. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He imagined that if he could lead a normal life with Blanca, one in which she would be waiting for him every evening in a peaceful home, everything would be different. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine what I am going to say to Ms. Parker at the end of the day. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I can imagine her painted face and annoyingly perfect Bantu knots even without seeing them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She imagined her on horseback, smiling shyly behind a veiled green gown, her palms painted red with henna, her hair parted with silver dust, the braids held together by tree sap. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A more evil, vicious, and self-serving man could hardly be imagined, wrote Esperanza on the next line. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some doctors warn we may see a thousand dead before it’s over. There are forty-thousand people living in Philadelphia, William. Can you imagine if one in forty were to die?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine a worse job in the whole world. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can imagine that you’re very conscious of it and feel it deeply....Dying pathetically. So young.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z That probably should’ve worried Hazel, but she couldn’t imagine this beautiful horse hurting her. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I awaken with a start and imagine I hear the goat still picking at the cliffwall, climbing to the mere. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not imagine what dying must have felt like for her. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe you should try something else this time. Something you imagine.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Someday, I hope I can draw the way Julia draws, imagining worlds that don’t yet exist. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z At least the enclosure’s gate was shaded, so I imagined I could get through the fence without them seeing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Last year, when she’d heard about the middle school homecoming dance, she had imagined something from a Bollywood movie. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Gregor tried to imagine to himself whether anything similar to what was happening to him today could have also happened at some point to the manager. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine the new owners of our house hitting that crack on trash day, their cans tipping and their garbage going everywhere. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Maybe I’ll have a life I’ve never dared to imagine, in a bright, snug house where there is plenty to eat—warm cake and milky tea with as much sugar as I please. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and imagined Luke’s hand being raised in victory for the hundredth time in the last four years. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Misery etched my brother’s face, and I couldn’t imagine why he was apologizing to me in such earnestness. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I imagine the debate would turn on how best to kill it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined how odd an experience it must have been for her having this American enter her small home to live. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Lyra imagined she could see Will’s soul flowing back along the blade to his hand, and up his arm to his heart. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I can imagine what she was telling her new friends. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’m always very fit,” said Maxim shortly, “never had anything wrong with me in my life. You imagine everyone ill who doesn’t look as fat as Giles.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z For years, I’d imagined the camaraderie of team practice, the adrenaline rush of competition, and maybe even being noticed on campus as one of the school’s athletic stars. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And ultimately, I can’t imagine that giving her identity away will change my fate much, whatever it is. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He breathed a sigh of relief when they did not stop but faded away toward what he imagined to be the far end of the corridor. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I was so mad, I imagined my eyes glowing just like the Minotaur’s. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Yes, so I imagined. I was afraid there could be little chance of my hearing any thing of Miss Fairfax to-day.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z She stared at a spot in the middle of the river and imagined the moment. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I see the words imagine what a kiss would do whenever I close my eyes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When I pictured this conversation in my head, I could imagine it going in two ways: revelation or revulsion. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I tried to think like her for a moment, imagine that there was danger lurking around every corner. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Many writers have imagined republics and principalities that have never been seen nor known to exist in reality. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z ME: Now imagine we were set free from this illusion. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “If Michael has done that to Fuchsia, then it’s pretty easy to imagine what kind of stuff he’d do to you. And I say that,” she quickly adds when Crystal’s eyes widen, “as someone who...” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Stella couldn’t begin to imagine what they were going through. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I never imagined it would be the last night I would see my little sister alive. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But then after I think about it for a second, I add, “But then again, if you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I understand he is off traveling and becoming richer, I imagine. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Picking himself up from the floor of hell, we can imagine him rubbing his head like a drunk coming to after a five-day bender. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t imagine you like this much. Can’t say I blame you. But don’t lose your head. Madam is not afraid to beat her slaves.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Pushing through a curtain of mucus was almost as fun as Piper imagined. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She tried to imagine goofing off with another partner like she had today with Rishi and supposed it was possible. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z That way, it was not a lie and it let them imagine some accident, perhaps involving a heavy door. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The finest watchmakers come from Europe, I imagine. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He thinks: It’s hunger, the fever, I’m imagining things, my mind is forcing the static to coalesce . All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But then, after I think for a bit, I say, “To me, he was just regular old Quinton. But he was always looking out for me. I couldn’t imagine having anyone better.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Her instincts were satisfied as soon as they were awakened, and she had never imagined that passion could take other forms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn't imagine where such a tarty picture had been taken until I noticed the Bloomingdale earrings and the Bloomingdale necklace glinting out of it with bright, white highlights, like imitation stars. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I imagined it was Zach, and the thought of him moving in the night just outside the honey house caused my breath to speed up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine the whole scene of the kitchen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It was not in Gerris Drink- water’s nature to imagine they might fail, let alone that they might die. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I stood in the ship’s stately ballroom, imagining the dancing figures it used to hold. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z This is not what I imagined when I thought of escaping my parents and the bad memories they gave me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z For they imagined as they wished—that it was a wild shot, an unintended killing—fools, not to comprehend they were already in the grip of death. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the silence Harry imagined he could hear the snake hissing slightly as it coiled and uncoiled—or was it Voldemort’s sibilant sigh lingering on the air? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Mrs. Breedlove handled hers as an actor does a prop: for the articulation of character, for support of a role she frequently imagined was hers—martyrdom. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oh yes, you did, my good girl! I don't know why. Can't imagine. There was a man in it probably. Was that it?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z But I never liked any of the Tarzan movies—my own imagined picture of Tarzan was more wonderful than any actor could possibly be. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He imagined his own body ripped by bullets like the bird’s, and he sobbed harder. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They make their living at this kind of thing, and I wish them well, but I imagine they will have a bewildering time. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The only comfort I can imagine is my mother’s arms, a thing I haven’t wished for—let myself wish for—in such a long time. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Nick was so rich he couldn’t even begin to imagine how rich he really was. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess you can imagine what Lucas would have said if he heard that, but now, he would have said it while he was smiling. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Just imagine, so much courage for such an old man—he must be at least seventy! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Now seems like a good time to imagine the meadow. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Leo could imagine her response: I am not waiting for you, Leo Valdez. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I can already imagine their disappointment, the shame. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I wish I could stop imagining that,” Radar said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z We can imagine it was rendered literally accessible from the palaces, as Cosimo Medici made Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio accessible through a special aboveground corridor from his private residence. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the morbid effect of living in a crime scene, but I imagined him drinking blood. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Fur sprouted on my face, under my shirt, in every uncomfortable place you can imagine. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Even if we could imagine the act of death in isolation, without any preliminary stage of being struck down by disease, we would be fearful of it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. Look at this. You can imagine how they’ve been torturing me.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine Max and Officer Berdecki, both standing at my door, and my stomach feels sick. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Citra tried to picture a map and get a sense of how far from home she was, but just trying to imagine it made her head spin again. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I imagine he’ll be coming for us directly, and I’m fresh out of houses to drop on him.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Well can it be imagined that my view of the city was rosy in hue. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Determined not to look at Snape, Harry resumed the mashing of his scarab beetles, imagining each one to have Snape’s face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I imagine this balloon coming loose and chasing a little Mexican girl throughout the streets of Chicago. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z My eyes were shut, but I could imagine what must have happened. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z For a moment, Piper could almost imagine they were normal teenagers, enjoying each other’s company and learning to be together as a couple. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Tayo nodded; he looked at the medicine pouches hanging from the ceiling and tried to imagine the objects they contained. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The house that stood in the middle of the compound was small, compact like dice, and it was hard to imagine Papa and Aunty Ifeoma growing up here. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The only way I could comfort myself was to imagine that my brother had, in fact, just gotten fed up with us and run away. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z When I was little, I used to stand in front of mirrors with hairbrushes and imagine crowds chanting my name. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I imagine myself naked in the moonlight, my skin turned as silvery as the leaves above us. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It is hard now to imagine the difficulty of learning to start, drive, and maintain an automobile. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z This had been a can’t-miss team, and if it didn’t make the playoffs, it was scary to imagine the enmity that thousands in town would feel for him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, it is hard to imagine a still simpler organism that is in any sense alive. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She would not allow herself to imagine anything else. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined marching forth right now, right here, in front of everyone, and appealing directly to Eril-Fane. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will,” she says. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Why Neewo was gone, though at night she still imagined that she heard his cries. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He imagined the letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles, that one most important letter, flipped so that it whizzed close to the right bin, but landed, finally, in the wrong bin. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe that girl in the mirror, that girl who imagined speaking to the world, was the Malala I would become. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She had spent the night imagining what she would do in Lexie’s situation, every time feeling that flash of panic surge through her again from her scalp to the soles of her feet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Do you imagine that there are many magicians named Madame Violet?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z When I was younger, I imagined that I was an Indian princess. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z From today's vantage it is difficult to imagine the impact maize must have had in southern Mexico at the beginning, but perhaps a comparison will help. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We can imagine them, curious and dispassionate, observing us, as we would watch a bacterial culture in a dish of agar, to determine whether, this year again, we manage to avoid self- destruction. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But then I go too far and imagine myself in that dress, sword at my hip, transformed, a true member of the Court, a knight in the Circle of Falcons. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I imagined Laura in the small cabin, and all kinds of bears and creepy things just feet from the front door, waiting to get in. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine what sort of story you’d do on something like this, but maybe they were desperate for “human interest” material. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z So you can imagine how happy she was when they forced her to tell the truth about her imperial ancestry. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was beneficent, this attention—“Come to Columbia, Malia!” people were shouting—but it was not especially useful for a girl who was trying quietly to imagine her own future. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine that he would have. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine they allow seventh graders to come to school made up like that,” she said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I imagined what it would feel like if I were wrapped in a blanket and someone were trying to break my neck. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Dallas was imagining that they were tracking pirates who would lead them to buried treasure. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z ‘My!’ said Mrs. Lapham, ‘that’s worse than anything I had imagined. Now isn’t that a shame! Bright boy like Johnny just ruined. No more good than a horse with sprung knees.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I burst through the door into the boys’ restroom, pulling at my top T-shirt, imagining the sensation of tearing off the thermal underwear. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Dudley had laughed himself silly at Harry, who spent a sleepless night imagining school the next day, where he was already laughed at for his baggy clothes and taped glasses. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Nice work if you could get it, I thought, imagining some youngish matron with a big house and nothing to do and a husband out of town on business all the time. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I just sit with her, her wavy hair tickling my cheek, and I imagine that time is starting to slow down. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Never in a thousand years could Tony Chavez have imagined it turning out this way. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z By accepting those values, I imagined, I would move into a society that would find me as wonderful as I found it, and together we would have achieved the state of being good. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I imagined my mom had put the bowl where it was between us. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He imagined her opening the door, a wry smile on her face. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Maybe the calmness was something I imagined, or maybe for all of us, it was just a product of the late hour. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She tried to imagine what the tide looked like, coming in and going out, nipping at the sand like a little dog, heedless of people and their machinations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Each time Naima cleaned the rickshaw, she imagined scenes the rickshaw painter might invent once these panels faded. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z “What, can’t you stand me? Do you need to get some picture into your head so you can imagine it instead of my face?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I’d always imagined there were walls behind the dark, and I was surprised when there weren’t. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine throwing away a sweet—just wasting the whole thing. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I’ve already imagined the people who would be at my side, and those in front of me, and the conversations and prayers we would share. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not imagine it properly; she did not comprehend the scale. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But in a few months, what he could or couldn’t imagine didn’t matter, not anymore. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I imagined then that I heard a car pull into the driveway. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben licks his lips and I can feel unsteadiness in his Noise and hunger and grief at what he’s already imagining is our next parting. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I can’t even imagine the forest colors when I am not seeing them. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, I hardly imagine you could forget her. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He was filled with sheer anger over the wretched care he was getting, even though he couldn't imagine anything for which he might have an appetite. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z As Theresa appraised her new apartment from the doorway — four bare walls, two filmy windows — she could not help but imagine what Helen would think of the decor. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t even imagine what kind of madness is going down there right now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine—having someone suggest this to you. On a subway platform.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The head of the local Klan was obviously a more complex character than many had imagined. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Dang hands!” she hollered from a distance, and I could just imagine her pitching a fit. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine Papa as a child, carefree and playful. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The idea that someone could do that without meaning to was something Anya had a hard time imagining. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Fern’s eyes twinkled as she imagined having a colored fairy mother. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I imagine those taunting smiles fading away as a pack of scowling hybrids show up to help me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I’d want to just imagine that I always had a dad. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I imagine that back in college or whatever, he did not imagine that gavel use would be part of his teaching career. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “You look at something, concentrate hard enough to imagine that object moving from point A to point B, and it just...does,” he said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I imagined him by the shore, his skin sparkling like the sea. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Instead, imagine the smell of flowers but sweeter, and with broken glass in it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “When you get older, you’ll understand that everything is much more complicated than you ever imagined. You plan your whole life, and nothing works out the way you expect.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Even at that time Winston had not imagined that the people who were wiped out in the purges had actually committed the crimes that they were accused of. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t imagine the restraint it must have taken Ali to keep that promise. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine another term with this woman, and as long as I stayed on the honors English track I would be stuck being the spokesperson for the rest of my high school career. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z We drove past the museum and parked right next to this basketball court filled with huge blue and red steel arcs that imagined the path of a bouncing ball. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I imagine it well, but Marv murders it instantly with one savage breath. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The bundles looked so small that it is hard to imagine they were once the girls I knew. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Still she could not imagine how he could have killed himself, being so close to Theo and Jo and the baby, “all these cheerful little rays of sunshine.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Olanna could see, through the louvers, the many cots and many crying infants, and she imagined that the nurse would be confused and would bring the wrong baby. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine looking at Mom and not seeing that. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I imagine he was most interested in you. Suddenly, something that was nagging at Harry came tumbling out of his mouth. “ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She imagined the Smokies, helplessly awaiting their fate, making one last gesture of defiance. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Dewey had imagined that with the deaths of Smith and Hickock, he would experience a sense of climax, release, of a design justly completed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I got the most spectacular chills, just from trying to imagine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But trying to imagine Katherine pledging herself to a life as a spinster doesn't quite fit. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I had imagined the Gobrin Ice Plateau to be all one sheet like a frozen pond, but there were hundreds of miles of it that were rather like an abruptly frozen, storm-raised sea. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Marly lay awake in bed, imagining how it had been. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z With the Earth the center of the Universe, with creation pivoted about terrestrial events, with the heavens imagined constructed on utterly unearthly principles, there was little motivation for astronomical observations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His jaw set when he said that, and his eyes darted to my face and away so quickly that I wasn’t sure if I only imagined it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I try not to imagine the agony he must have endured: limbs, organs, and bicycle mangled by a hit-and-run driver. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Ignatius imagined it was something in his mother’s family, a group of people who tended to suffer violence and pain. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This is a dress I could never have imagined, one so perfect that for a moment, looking at it, I can think of nothing but its beauty. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He could only imagine what it had cost her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They reminded me of smiley faces, and I imagined him to be as happy as his handwriting. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Just thinking the word Mom makes me want to cry; I can’t imagine actually writing about her. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Libby was tougher than I had imagined she’d be, never once breaking down or even shedding the first tear. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z It made her happy to imagine “a long vacation in that dream island I'm always talking about!” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It is hard to imagine now, but geology excited the nineteenth century–positively gripped it–in a way that no science ever had before or would again. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The grandmotherly researcher looked like an older version of my mother, and I didn’t want to imagine my mother growing old. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Put him next to the Arctic Tern, and you could hardly imagine him flying. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “But what help do you require, Narcissa? If you are imagining I can persuade the Dark Lord to change his mind, I am afraid there is no hope, none at all.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z At least that's what I imagine letters like this usually say. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He imagined enemy horsemen thundering over the grass towards the castle, hundreds of them, bunched tight together at the front and widening out behind in the shape of a fan. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She imagined me, I expect, sitting down on a wet day and looking solemnly at the illustrations, and perhaps getting a sheet of drawing-paper and a paint-box and copying one of the pictures. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes, imagining that I was there in my living room. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z She is sitting in the waiting room of this hospital, and as I try to imagine her there, I am almost certain she is crying. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They point to the current composition of state prisons as “proof” of this imagined fact, ignoring that sentencing practices distort our understanding of who is placed under state control and why. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Nowadays, when almost all societies on Earth are connected to each other, we cannot imagine a fad’s going so far that an important technology would actually be discarded. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “First your parents, and now your brother. I can’t imagine how hard it is for you.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z These were things so strange and beautiful you can’t ever imagine them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined myself whirling about in my mind like an old man attempting to catch a small boy in some mischief, thinking, Who am I? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was imagining how surprised Petra would be to have his company. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Frank tried to imagine staying here with Iris, putting on a R.O.F.L. shirt, selling crystals and dream catchers to demigod travelers and lobbing gluten-free cupcake simulations at passing monsters. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Maybe it was a dream within my dream, but suddenly I imagined the two-headed god Janus shimmering in the air next to Daedalus, smiling as he tossed a silver key from hand to hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “But I can’t imagine it will take more than a few weeks—a month, at most.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The selective breeding of the strongest, smartest, “fittest” humans—unnatural selection—Galton imagined, could achieve over just a few decades what nature had been attempting for eons. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But if that meant I was going to be in trouble every time I opened my mouth, my life here would be even worse than I had imagined. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Out of all the things Papi could have said, I never imagined those words. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He imagined himself falling off the roof, falling backward to a sure dying and laughing all the way. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm imagining you see a tall tree with delicate leaves. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine me—even with earmuffs on—shoulder to shoulder with everyone, making noise on purpose. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z As I reread that night, I kept getting distracted imagining Augustus Waters reading the same words. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I don’t know why I’d imagined him with a mother, a sister, four or five brothers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Jesse didn’t have to imagine this fate: Such people were all around him, ticked-off employees in their late thirties and forties, lots of them pleasant and adequately compensated, but few of them happy or stimulated. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But I also couldn’t imagine how they could help us if we needed them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine them trying to get a pic of me then?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I stood there and thought about what must have happened, about what it must have been like, although I tried very hard not to imagine what he must have felt. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I imagined Kwang in a dark suit and white gloves, his parcels of tribute politely bundled behind him on the dais. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t imagine that whatever happens next is going to be particularly comfortable for me, and I would like to stay drunk in order to face it.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine why you would. She is a repellent brat.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I oftentimes was intimidated in his class,” Darryl says, which I never knew or would have imagined. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I imagine her knuckles raised, ready to rap. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Word that someone needed asylum would reach her unexpectedly, often through a stranger who approached her on the street and who she imagined had been sent by Miguel. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Which, I imagine, would have been the prime purpose of the plot.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I try to imagine the flowers’ petals are actually wings, but all I see are clusters of flowers. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine that he taught his students anything they couldn’t learn on their own. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z "But I imagine it's getting to be pretty chilly in there. And it looks mighty dark." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When he returned from his first political posting, as quaestor in Sicily, for instance, he imagined his fame would have spread far and wide. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z It didn’t take much effort to imagine a cloud of smoke wafting from his lips. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He screams a loud, shrill cry, that pierces my heart like a stake, and I imagine that this, maybe, is how Pa died. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Hanako could not imagine spending her life bent over, always looking down unless you made an effort to raise your eyes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I imagined future commands, awful ones, ones that would kill me, and I glowed at the idea of obeying them. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He seemed concerned that Mr. Pirzada might take offense if I accidentally referred to him as an Indian, though I could not really imagine Mr. Pirzada being offended by much of anything. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Maybe I imagined the whole thing, too. Why does she want to kill you for?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Here, do come down from there and share a cup of tea with me. You’ve had a long journey, I’d imagine, and a rude shock, finding your home occupied by a stranger.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z But maybe the spangly outfit was just something I imagined because it was there—a flash of light—and then it was gone. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Beneath them, the floor was polished marble, and the ceiling was a strange twisting river of names that, Aru imagined, belonged to the dead. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z This was the “movement” that Aristotle had so vividly imagined centuries before. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “You can imagine though tired I go to bed happy,” he wrote to his wife. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He felt an unpleasant emotion, though, seeing Odenigbo’s hand placed on her shoulder and, later, imagining them together in bed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Still, I imagined myself going to some Boston priest—it would have to be Boston, because I didn't want any priest in my home town to know I'd thought of killing myself. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He watched his parents’ faces pale as they all imagined the falling bombs. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z And every night I fell asleep imagining that green bubble. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The scene was worse than she had imagined! The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She invited us onto her property, a desolate piece of land we would have never imagined was inhabited, set far enough back from the road that we hadn’t seen it through the trees. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The only thing I couldn’t imagine was actually leaving home. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The work on the frame was less than half-finished and so tangled and knotted he could imagine no one ever continuing it. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “I never thought I’d be stood here faced with a choice I can’t make, because I never...I never imagined you would love me back.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He imagined the bins they used for sorting. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine a grave dug beneath scrubby bushes, hastily covered up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never imagined that questions about life would be of such importance to a shepherd. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The treetops swayed in the breeze, and she imagined they were nodding their welcome to her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I could not imagine it rough now, any more than I could imagine winter in summer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I imagined I was entering a fairy-tale kingdom inhabited by tree spirits. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Paula had the air of a real ideologue; she could, Ifemelu imagined, slip easily into anarchy, stand at the forefront of protests, defying the clubs of policemen and the taunts of unbelievers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “It seemed like it. I can’t imagine what else he could have wanted. Maybe to kidnap her.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine the courage it takes to maintain that part of their Muslim identity in the face of everything. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She stopped, unsure for a moment whether she had imagined those words, and then she looked back at the man. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z These boxes show up in every area of my life, even in a theater class where the whole point is to play a role, to become something imagined. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Percy imagined her nose and throat filling with her own tears. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But when the black students came in and saw the chains, as you can imagine, they felt incredibly insulted. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He couldn’t imagine a satyr more different from Coach Hedge, but they both seemed brave in their own way. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At least I imagined I had a contented smile on my face. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And Henry, that sounded more like a real name than a nickname, but Palmer couldn’t imagine Beans letting someone’s real name stand, so Henry must be someone else too. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Where I had imagined Yakov reaching through me, my skin itched and burned. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Lupin said there would be magic we’d never imagined,” Harry said. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I could not imagine whom it could have been. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I was afraid that the rest of my life would not be what I had imagined. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I was imagining this, but I thought the teen- aged girl looked happy to see me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Rather than the thick, unbroken, monumental snarl of trees imagined by Thoreau, the great eastern forest was an ecological kaleidoscope of garden plots, blackberry rambles, pine barrens, and spacious groves of chestnut, hickory, and oak. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z You can imagine how much I felt like getting down and partying at that point, but of course I had to go. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z On the familiar leafy path down to the water’s edge, it was easy to imagine Peris stealing silently behind her, stifling laughter, ready for a night of spying on the new pretties. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I kept looking at the mom, trying to imagine what she must have looked like when she was young. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s difficult for a modern person to imagine a life without zero, just as it’s hard to imagine life without the number seven or the number 31. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I imagine his finger following me up and down the eastern seaboard, hovering right over my head the whole way. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z So paranoid he even felt like every clock was actually a giant eye, and every time the bell rang he imagined it was the building laughing at him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I imagined the callers to resemble those men who had chased me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was impossible for me to imagine this baby self. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I could imagine it—them standing in her driveway listening to the song from his car’s speakers. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t have imagined how good it feels when so many people like you.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Boston looked so usual and so unconcerned, Johnny began to wonder if they all had not made mountains of molehills, imagined an expedition when none was intended. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You cannot imagine how happy I am to deliver that message,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As he had intended all along, I imagine. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I couldn't imagine what they had done with Mrs. Mole. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I imagine the blades sucking me in and spitting me out the other side, and shudder a little. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Make sure you cover that nasty tower with every wild monster you can imagine, Sierra,” Mr. Jean-Louise said. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “I mean, honestly, he’s just a little boy—just like you! Can you imagine how he felt to see you running away from him, Jamie, screaming?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “What if he’s not even there? I can’t imagine him hanging around when his mom’s book club is happening.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I could just imagine my father smiling smugly at my mother. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Then I imagined Maggie holding up her cross necklace and yelling that I was a sinner. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “In a way they do, but they’ve also got to live with it the rest of their lives. Can you imagine always worrying about getting caught? About someone finding out?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Yet she couldn’t imagine going back to Riverbank. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z When she saw her posts reposted on another site, she flushed with accomplishment, and yet she had not imagined any of this, had never nursed any firm ambition. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I imagined it to be the best possible watch in the world, and when Kerry brought it to show me at my next lesson, it was just as good as I’d thought it would be. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “It is worse than anyone could have imagined,” the father says to the mother after returning from his village. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I sucked in my breath, unable to even imagine that. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z You have to “find your character,” he tells them, meaning they have to imagine lives they cannot fully know. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z At first I thought I was still imagining things. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There would be a certain amount of spectacle involved in the proceedings, I imagine. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not want to imagine what she was telling the kids, what kinds of questions they would be asking. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I have to admit I like to imagine you as a kid fantasizing about junk food. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “As though any man ever walked up to another and offered the spirit from his veins. But I couldn’t imagine what motive you could have, so I almost believed it.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z True, our island wasn’t very big, but I couldn’t imagine hiding it anywhere else. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He smiled at them, such a smile as I imagined must come from fathers. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z As he waited for it to warm up, he looked in to the living room and imagined it as a painting. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It was icy told, much swifter than he’d imagined, but that didn’t bother him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She must have imagined her friends and family being shoved into one just like it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It may well be imagined, the sensations I underwent when he told me, “It is the smallpox.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I imagined her singing with her big sister, Bertha, in the backseat of their daddy’s car. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “This isn’t how we imagined handing over our present,” said George grimly, putting down a large wrapped gift on Ron’s bedside cabinet and sitting beside Ginny. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But then he would remember the way the hook-hands of Count Olaf’s associate had glinted in the library, and would imagine them tearing into his flesh, and he would wake right up and continue reading. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Or maybe Roz was designed to think and learn and change; she had simply done those things better than anyone could have imagined. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Citra’s heart beat so violently, she imagined it bursting out of her chest. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The sun beat down on them so ferociously that it was easy to imagine the sidewalk cracking open and swallowing them whole. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I can only imagine how much worse it would have been sixty years ago, before you could google vitiligo and find out what it really was. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z When I was young, I imagined that my dad was a spy, and worked for the CIA. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Think of all the towns and cities we've never seen or imagined. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I know how hard it is to imagine that what is now humanity’s highest calling was once considered a crime. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He never imagined he would turn any of them into scholars, “but I’d like to think I helped them in some way in the lives they went on to live.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I imagined August twenty-sixth, when I would wake up to see a made bed and think of Lily in Atlanta already awake and in the dorm room unpacking her suitcase, deciding where to put stuff. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He imagined Petey visiting him in the hospital, slipping into the bed with him, letting him bury his nose in her hair, letting his hands roam where they would. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And she imagined the people who had lived there fifteen years ago while she, in a little flat on the crowded mainland, longed for their spacious, serene lives. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Never again, as I once fondly imagined, will I consider that Siddhartha is clever. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “I gave him what he was asking for. What I imagine you want from him as well.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Then imagine getting six cans of soda and stacking them in two towers close to each other. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z So Will opened the window wide and ran out at the head of the army of ghosts; and then began the strangest battle he could imagine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But honestly, I think I would be a very bad reporter because I can’t imagine sitting across the table from a politician or a movie star and asking them questions. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, standing in the Square under the tree that touched the cell window, they smiled and signaled to him—or so he imagined. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z And maybe they did even cooler stuff with their steeds than anyone could imagine nowadays. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes Constance drives me crazy, but now I can't imagine being here without her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He could imagine only too well what else the Conte could do to them if he chose. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I concentrate on the notes, imagining myself playing, feeling grateful for this chance to practice, happy to be in a warm car with my sonata and my family. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Once before, in first aid practice, she’d splinted a fake broken leg for another camper, but she never imagined she’d have to make a splint for herself. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I imagined Ambrose drawing on his own body’s heat, concentrating as the chill slowly worked into his arms and legs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They couldn’t bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn’t bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn’t even imagine themselves not existing. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z As Neel and Ajay walked home, Neel imagined a detailed scene of the mother tiger leaping through the school window and pouncing on Headmaster. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z You can imagine the effect that Hofstede’s findings had on people in the aviation industry. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Yes—it seems to depend upon nothing but the ill-humour of Mrs. Churchill, which I imagine to be the most certain thing in the world.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Looking at them now as folks chased in and out, getting ready, it was hard for Cora to imagine a time when the fourteen cabins hadn’t been there. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She avoids my stare, probably because she knows I'm imagining they are lasers and whatever I look at will be forced to spontaneously combust. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine that Hugo was planning to break up with Austin today. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Can you imagine suddenly taking in four children? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Her hair looked the way I had always imagined a skein of flax spun into gold by the miller’s daughter would. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine Keav in heaven, watching over us, finally happy again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Again I imagined Charles climbing the hill to our house. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was about an artist, a lost lottery ticket, a criminal, a borrowed coat, and an opera singer, and it had one of the most amazing chase sequences that Hugo could ever imagine. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I don’t want to imagine what the word really means. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I imagined the searchers ransacking the trunks and drawers and drilling holes in the walls to look for hidden valuables. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She cannot imagine him any older than he is in this picture. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine that’s what kept those men moving like there was no tomorrow. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At first glance, the place looks like nothing so much as the canal network that Percival Lowell imagined to adorn Mars, and that, we now know from space vehicle exploration, does not exist at all. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What would have happened then, I couldn’t imagine. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z With every arrow, he imagined he was striking down his problems. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When my father got back, you can imagine what he did too. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z I imagined her on the dock, between us and the shark, sizing it up before figuring out how she was going to lay it out on the ground. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He tried to imagine a life where every dollar wasn’t set aside for groceries or rent or emergencies. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She spent days and nights crying, imagining the pain Henrietta must have been in. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I couldn’t begin to imagine the effect on him. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned to watch him, imagining myself at fourteen, imagining myself now. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She scribbles a name—not mine, I imagine—and hands the ballot back to Mrs. Moore. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I imagined honey-colored parasites celebrating in my golden-tinted organs as I alternately froze and burned. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The thick slabs of gray stone were cracked and covered in ivy, as ancient as anything Thomas could imagine. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I find the whole thing bizarre because I can’t imagine anyone raised in District 13 being a threat the government would have to guard against. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Or if he had ever imagined a different life. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She thought of all the things she couldn't pack, imagining the slim green locker she would have had at high school next year if she weren't moving to the other side of the ocean. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “And maybe we should. Can you imagine? Just you and me in London?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He imagined tigers ripping the flesh off his bones and pythons strangling him slowly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I was not bound to this job; I could imagine its rapid conclusion. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine that last and couldn’t. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined Caitlin’s life as very different from mine, and I was excited to learn more about it, and her. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Historians will likely wonder how we could describe the new caste system as a system of crime control, when it is difficult to imagine a system better designed to create—rather than prevent—crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And I began to imagine what it would be like for Paul to beat him up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Impossible, also, to imagine him calling the boardinghouse again and again until finally Mrs. O’Toole said, “Listen, sugar. She don’t want to talk to you. Get it?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And, suddenly, I understood what Mother meant by the word imagine. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “Living in a small town like ours, it’s hard to imagine that many people. Even Denver’s population is only a fraction of that.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I imagined I heard the fall of snow upon snow. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivy’s arms tightened around her legs, and she tried to imagine holding June’s hand at school. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I mean, I know they’re inanimate objects—I’m not an idiot—but I imagine them all melancholic, waiting for my sister to come back. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Maybe Naomi was still silent and stern, but he imagined she was happy in her own way. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m just checking for hidden shelves. This building could be filled with secrets we haven’t even imagined, you know?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he would just sit off in a corner with a half smile on his face, imagining. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “See, Dèja, I don’t exactly know what happened. But I imagine. Imagining makes my head ache, explode. Pow. “This is my flashlight.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “We had the most varied set of slides we could imagine,” said Palmer. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If she closed her eyes she could imagine the arched doorway, the Persian rug on the living-room floor, the yellow chairs and the huge window that looked over the bay. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "Why would Nergal write that? I cannot imagine what my brother-in-law is thinking. Gilgamesh wasn't the sort of hero who needed to lie about anything." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I imagined myself making a speech and caught in striking poses by flashing cameras, snapped at the end of some period of dazzling eloquence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was better than anything he or Blink could have imagined, and for a brief, bizarre moment, Joseph thought he might have actually fallen back in time, or stumbled upon a portal to the past. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z An age of revolution, as radical and savage as anything he might have imagined, was just around the corner. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Can you imagine him not saying one word in your defense? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z But Noris was like me, she wanted to give herself to things, and at her tender age, she could only imagine giving herself to children. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I heard Bronwyn gasp and I looked up, a horror scenario I hadn’t yet imagined taking shape before my eyes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He thereby taught his listeners to imagine their union with many others Eke themselves. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how I’ll ever get over it. I wasn’t dreaming. I didn’t imagine it. I heard his voice! He was begging, ‘Mom! Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If only I imagined her, my little bird could always be with me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Most of them had their eyes closed in total delight, like they were imagining themselves flying or something. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Jack could only imagine what would happen if one of those dogs was set on a prisoner. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z On my first night back, I wrote in my journal: I have so many hills I can’t imagine how I’m going to pay them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Joseph couldn’t imagine his uncle allowing anyone in the house, and he certainly couldn’t imagine a party there. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I somehow didn’t picture him with a family at all. Funny, no? What did I think? Maybe I just imagined he was born fully formed, like that goddess from the head of Zeus.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She fulfilled her promise before the imagined time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The brave tin soldier in his little paper boat—she imagined him suddenly appearing beside the fruit basket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And even though I suspected Zara just didn’t want me to report Leo, I couldn’t imagine telling all this to Mr. McCabe, anyway. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But they were mostly quirks, discrepancies, most of them so minor that it will perhaps show you how little reason I had to imagine that anything was wrong. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He imagined her walking along the sidewalk, carrying grocery bags from the supermarket that was on the next corner, in love with another man. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine what—or more likely who—was in there. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They were living together anyway, and he was not unhappy, and he imagined that she would, with time, gain a certain heft. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I imagined myself moving, on my feet and running for the door, to the others, to safety, but I got no farther than a blink. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what Scotch tasted like, but if it tasted anything like champagne, I couldn’t imagine how he could drink so much, so quickly, so early in the morning. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Carla sometimes imagined herself being driven to school in a flashy red car the boys would admire. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "Oh, I imagine they'll be here long before it comes to sleep." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I imagined there must be places beyond Arkansas where my folks were treated better. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine a mortal man more unwilling to change his course than Nathan Price. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope so. I couldn’t imagine not seeing my parents again. Or my other family and friends.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She would imagine the air in Herat crackling with merriness, and high- spirited, bright-eyed people showering each other with endearments and goodwill. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I cannot imagine why in a place with so many sharp instruments for cutting bones and thick tissues, that woman brought me such teeny nail scissors. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t make out any words, but I imagined them to be things that one wouldn’t hear in church. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The tourist traffic on Highway 66 was gone now, and Tayo imagined white people eating their mashed potatoes and gravy in some steamy Grants cafe. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I imagine looking over my shoulder one morning to find Al gazing at me in that sweet way. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was the first Unseen he had ever heard from a native speaker, and it sounded just as he’d always imagined it would: like calligraphy, if calligraphy were written in honey. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine having to come home,” she says of the idea of returning from a mission early, and under a cloud. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I imagine my body plummeting, smacking into the bars as it falls down, and my limbs at broken angles on the pavement, just like Rita’s sister when she didn’t make it onto the roof. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Kepler, stubborn, intelligent and fiercely independent, suffered two friendless years in bleak Maulbronn, becoming isolated and withdrawn, his thoughts devoted to his imagined unworthiness in the eyes of God. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Science was moving from a world of macrophysics, where objects could be seen and held and measured, to one of microphysics, where events transpire with unimaginable swiftness on scales far below the limits of imagining. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I imagined running onto a field in the Chapel Hill High School team kit. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It could introduce me to people and show me places I never imagined existed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I could just imagine him high on a gantry, lying on his back like Michelangelo, working with a wrench on the fuel lines of one of his rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He mentions something he thinks happened, and they tell him if it’s true or imagined, usually followed by a brief explanation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I could imagine Aunt Ivy’s shrieks of disapproval: Next thing, you'll be drinking and carrying on! Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But I stuck to the directions, and to hope, and imagined that, in a short time, the trees would open up and reveal the train station sitting there waiting for me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She might have imagined it, but she thought she saw Beto flinch when she spoke. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z You can imagine them all thinking furiously, trying to square their assumption of where the plane is with what their instruments are telling them. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But she could imagine how they looked, how disappointed they would have been. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Joseph imagined being a stowaway and wished it was true. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z For no reason that anyone could imagine, children were beginning to disappear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine it, but I thought it must be something like the way I was feeling now with my eyes closed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I imagine my uncle doing his smooth dance steps down the wide road, smiling as the music plays loud. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z While it is charming to imagine the scene, the fact is the cameras that existed during Mudgett’s boyhood made candid moments almost impossible to capture, especially when the subject was a child. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was the first time she’d eaten ice cream and Mariam had never imagined that such tricks could be played on a palate. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I imagine her to already be animal, without needing three days to get there. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He couldn't imagine a world where Willow wouldn't figure out a place for the furball. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I could not imagine my mother and Gay in the same space. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I imagine that two things only would have been different. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z So, I'm right about the booby trap, but it's clearly more complex than I had imagined. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Sorry, I know you find it dull as ditchwater, but imagine how sick and tired I am of hearing the same old stuff. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine why in the world he was telling me this awful thing, but whatever the reason was, I wanted him to stop. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z How could they have imagined that a silent, determined team of Americans, thousands of miles away in the peaceful countryside near Washington, might pick up on this simple error? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “This is not how I imagine he thought the day would go.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “So it’s hard to imagine her in some gross unlit dusty room.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z There were carrion birds in the sky, circling and cawing ugly cries that Lazlo imagined translated as Die so we can eat you. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She looked away often, as if she felt uncomfortable sitting with him, and Ugwu wondered if he had imagined the easy bond they had shared. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Joseph couldn’t imagine anyone calling his uncle “Al,” but Albert Nightingale laughed again. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine standing up and speaking in English to an audience of adults. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Christ, Chaplain! Can you imagine that for a sin? Saving Colonel Cathcart’s life I That’s one crime I don’t want on my record.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I look way happier than you. It’s cool if you want to call this quits. If you’re still caught up on your ex, I get it. Well, I don’t get it. But I can imagine.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Never once had he imagined Dumbledore’s childhood or youth; it was as though he had sprung into being as Harry had known him, venerable and silver-haired and old. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The past week or so, Percy had imagined a lot of scathing things he might say to Nico when they met again, but the guy looked so frail and sad, Percy couldn’t muster much anger. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When the flash of green came, it lasted for only a magical flick of time—so brief and brilliant and beautiful, I was afraid I’d imagined it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He would just sit by himself and say he was imagining melons turning into frogs. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The evil of daily life here is indescribable, and if this is civilization then it is beyond the capacity of my smallish brain to imagine the evil of a place like Natzweiler-Struthof. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z With so many galaxies and therefore so many stars, it is inevitable that there are more planets than our minds can imagine. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined her seeing my soiled clothes, the little flowers she had worked so hard to make. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine him sneaking around and leaving a rose on anyone’s doormat, but I guess boys will surprise you sometimes. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Tally swallowed, trying to imagine whatever was in there, flattened and buried for centuries in the dark. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I imagined how such a thing might look from an airplane’s height—the whole island suddenly winking out, as if it had never been there at all. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I worry about them, too, but I can’t imagine how much more they worry about me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “I’m taking care of other kids instead of you. Can you imagine what that’s like?” her mother demanded. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Either one is better than spending a life imagining what happened to Mom, Dad, and Javier. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But as we stand over the gravestone she will share with Grandpa, listening to Ruth blow her nose, I imagine that the stone belongs to someone else. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Can you imagine a stretch of grassy land bubbling like water in a pot? The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine her growing into an old woman here on the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He could only imagine how quiet the house was after that. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I imagined my father’s voice crying in his death throes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A few minutes later I walked down the stairs, the Story Box on my back, to give my first official performance as Anansesem to the most dangerous audience I could ever imagine. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “That's what they do, they always go barefoot. Do I have to change for this festive occasion, too? What does one wear to attend an execution? I imagine I will be sitting beside Capricorn?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Stanley shivered as he tried to imagine it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Pearl bent over the mailbox, and Mrs. Richardson imagined the faint squeak as the mailbox door opened, then shut. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was far more reassuring to go on imagining that Linus had taken ill on the plane to New York. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z As you can imagine, the chaos was rising. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z If Levi were here, I imagine he’d snap her picture at this moment. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It might be something of a temptation to take over my brain, on paper, but I cannot imagine doing so in real life. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine she’s a rich lady who shops downtown, drinks a glass of wine after work, and gets manicures on the regular. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I imagined them cruising around Monomoy Island, talking to each other. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Could he ever have imagined things would be this difficult? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Without warning, coming as a complete and unex-pected shock, she felt a pressure she had never imagined, as though she were being completely flattened out by an enormous steam roller. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody who hasn’t gone through this could imagine what a nightmare this is,” he said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Mark ran hard, trying his best not to imagine their pursuers or what they’d do if they caught him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I wonder if she's imagining a future where we become friends. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The auditorium was even bigger than I imagined it would be— bigger even than the one at Via’s school. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I imagine he’s one of those overbearing parents who makes you ask to be excused, and only after you’ve finished all your peas and carrots. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She had imagined it would be something more elegant. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He heard Master’s raised voice, excited and childlike, followed by a long silence and he imagined their hug, and her ugly body pressed to Master’s. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Still, Leo imagined he could feel it in there, dragging him down, waiting to be cracked open. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Scanning the limit of the land before it curved into the rim of the sky, she tried to imagine what sorts of things lay beyond. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was from a few years ago, back when Franny and I were friends and I never imagined it would be any other way. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I spent the day piling wood, imagining the party I’d have if we were still in Lithuania. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I couldn’t get over how happy I was, crying genuine tears of actual happiness for the first time in maybe forever, imagining my mom as a Patrick. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I imagine myself crossing the finish line first with everyone cheering and confetti shooting into the sky. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I imagine myself sprawled on the pink blanket watching TV and eating watermelon. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine why not. You always know the right thing to say.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z And yet there is a new maturity in her face; he can easily imagine her, a few years from now, with two children in the back seat. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Audrey chewed a bite of soggy pancake, but I imagined it tasted like gravel to her, the way everything had tasted like gravel to me since Jesse’s death. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The Lord will provide, I imagine Dad thinking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She wore it in the way that Ugwu imagined his mother would if she had the same wrapper: uncertainly, as if she did not believe that she was no longer poor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The roar of the draccus was like a trumpet, if you can imagine a trumpet big as a house, and made of stone, and thunder, and molten lead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I never knew anyone who felt that way and couldn’t imagine it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z When he imagined himself getting squashed by a carabao or a jeepney, it terrified him, even though he wasn’t completely sure what either of those things were. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry for your fate, child. I imagine you hate me.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was hard for Nate to imagine that busy New York City was just a few miles down, on the island’s southern tip. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z She could hardly imagine the punishment given someone who had done something bad enough to be worth five hundred thousand. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias put his head in his hands, imagining the havoc these low creatures were about to wreak on his country’s capital. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Yes, those would work. Let’s imagine another world, a different one again, where there are bees but no people. Would there still be a connection between a beehive and sweetness and light?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Despite my feelings of unease, there’s a part of me that can’t help imagining what it would be like to be the mistress of this place. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Still, it doesn't stop me from imagining we're free, Amma and me, together, exploring the wide-open world that lives beyond the bars. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She had, since she began to gaze at her past, imagined a relationship with him, but only in faded images and faint lines. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Ivy let herself imagine they were at home, sitting on the worn brown leather couch in their living room, and there was no such thing as tornados and lost notebooks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z For all the pain I felt that day, in hindsight, I have to imagine that Andrew’s pain was far greater than mine. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z These profound and lovely images are, I like to imagine, a kind of premonition of modern astronomical ideas.* Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He can’t imagine the panic that ensued in this place when the sun flares struck, and the horrors that resulted. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He imagined being in Frank’s position, his life so fragile, it literally could burn up at any time. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He imagined a candle falling over, the way it had on his desk, and the entire place igniting. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “When my husband died”—Jesse could hardly imagine Mrs. Myers ever having had a husband—“people kept telling me not to cry, kept trying to make me forget.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I can imagine him barking those words in response to an order. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It’s hard for me to imagine myself as a grown-up, one of those imago things. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I imagine him standing at my window, and I smile for his sake. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “On three,” said Harry, looking back down at the locket and narrowing his eyes, concentrating on the letter S, imagining a serpent, while the contents of the locket rattled like a trapped cockroach. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Grandpop was looking left to right, right to left too, probably imagining the same thing—how it used to be. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I let myself imagine it—taking classes like Politicized Geography and Nineteenth-Century British Women in Literature in small classrooms, everyone seated in a circle. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I can tell she's imagining an empty bucket drifting down into the dark well and coming back, water sloshing out of its sides like tears. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I imagine those who wash our clothing and bedding then carefully drape it over magueys to dry. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed the shovel handle with both hands, then closed my eyes and imagined merry-olde-England in medieval times. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She had never done such a thing before—imagine tearing a page out of a book!—but now she had to. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z What did he imagine was to be gained from this slow and potentially explosive kind of torture, had it, in his mind, some purpose, some goal? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z No one could imagine this happening in the president’s backyard. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It told me to imagine myself, whole and healthy, protected by a white bubble. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She could imagine herself hurrying down now to her bedroom, to a clean block of lined paper and her marbled, Bakelite fountain pen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We know how confusing we find it when native-born Japanese people speak English without distinguishing / and r: imagine the confusion if our alphabet did the same while similarly homogenizing the other consonants that I mentioned! Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He tried imagining meeting other Holy Beings, from the Warrior Twins era, from the Changing Woman era, from the First Coyote era. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I imagined people jumping out the windows, raining down onto the broad sidewalks and cement basketball courts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z During the silence that followed, Briony tried to imagine the adjustments that each would be making. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Erin was and is beautiful enough to make even Bellmont tolerable, so I close my eyes and imagine her face. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, we must admit, out loud, that it was because of race that we didn’t care much what happened to “those people” and imagined the worst possible things about them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Audrey laughed, and if I closed my eyes, I could imagine Jesse was with us, swapping stories and cracking up at our lame jokes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Then again, I never imagined I would save the Old West, perform for an audience in the desert, and solve a mystery. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z To appreciate its absurdity, one can imagine future historians lumping American history with Canadian, Australian, South African, and later South Asian histories, into a conceptual monstrosity called the “Britishistic” period. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Citra found it next to impossible to imagine Scythe Curie as a little girl. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I imagined the city as it was being built. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Reading over the lists, I found myself trying to imagine the support groups for those struggling to overcome their fears of rust or teeth, heredity or string. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z When the 46th Guards were quietly idling their engines, maybe the cowering soldiers below imagined that the swooping wings sounded eerily like witch’s broomsticks soaring through the dark sky. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine us when we get to Washington, P.A.?” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Often, she would sit in cafes, or airports, or train stations, watching strangers, imagining their lives, and wondering which of them were likely to have read her blog. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The more I look, the more shapes I see—faces, cars, flowers, trees, babies, clowns—and then, for some reason, I start imagining Lorena as a cheetah running through a forest. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was not until a friend suggested that she join the CIA herself that Marti could imagine a path forward. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Every one of them imagined the scene, each according t» his own predilections—Sula underneath some white man —and it filled them with choking disgust. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “We imagined you would. You know we’re always here to answer questions if you need it.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She did not have to wait as long as she had imagined. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Possibly he was imagining what it would be like to discover a whole new population of carriers of the 5-alpha-reductase mutation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine how I looked when 1 got to the hotel. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There was still plenty of snow on the track, but it was better packed than she had imagined. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z And I can imagine how Bon told Henry, broke it to him. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I had spent so much time imagining what it would be like, how I would get along with the other students there, and the opportunities it would provide. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I’d imagined that a week or two after we got back to Flint we’d get a phone call from Alabama with the winner of the big batde on the other end. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Try to imagine what never happened: our family without Africa, or the Africa that would have been without us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And even if he had somehow chanced upon them, it’s difficult to imagine him destroying the buildings without boasting of the deed in his diary. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The immense diversity of imagined realities that Sapiens invented, and the resulting diversity of behaviour patterns, are the main components of what we call ‘cultures’. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine coming this far and then turning back, but I guess there are things they have to do in the city. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The Belgians and the Americans who run the rubber plantations and copper mines, I imagine, are using larger sacks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The paperwork that Murphy told me to fill out was even more elaborate than what I had imagined. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I could only imagine what it would be like when I knew eleven hundred. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I imagine a lonely queen in a cliff-top castle, looking out at her subjects below. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “He really does look exactly the way I imagined him. ‘Colorless as a glass of milk.’ Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z For days afterward she imagined other trips she would take, alone though, to faraway places. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Reynie could not imagine what he was about to be told. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine that we needed more than two. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want to imagine meadows, I want to run through them. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Nothing, unless...was he imagining it?...a sort of throbbing. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z And she just kept imagining what would have happened that night back in Georgia if she hadn’t seen her daddy, if she hadn’t heeded his warning. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Some went into the sand, and that sand became glass again, and that glass became all kinds of things, creating mischief beyond what even Mal could have imagined. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z And I was made to listen to George Orwell’s admission that, as a literate man, he would never be able to imagine what it is like to be one of the uneducated poor. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She asks me to come and visit her soon, and I promise I will, though right now doing so is difficult to imagine. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z No one imagined that the prison population would more than quintuple in their lifetime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I can imagine Hannah here, about two years ago, pushing off and sliding down. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z One could not imagine what she was thinking as she marched so grimly down the halls, her head tied up in a rag, a bucket and a mop in her hands. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I imagine the teary sighs emanating from the Capitol and pretend to brush away a tear of my own. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I imagine an old white lady with gray hair and old-fashioned glasses hanging from her neck. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z One way of thinking of spin is to imagine the particles as little tops spinning about an axis. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine that the delicious sausages I’d had just the day before were encased in the small intestines of a pig. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I imagine World War II and the Allied forces storming the beaches of Normandy, but with water instead of weapons. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He imagined the bricks of his wall coming together, forcing out that horrible voice. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I walk into the wall, imagining that I’ll float through it and come out the other side. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z So we stood there thinking of girls from last year and trying to imagine how they would look if they went Whoa! Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z You can imagine how it was when we got to my house and Mr. Beach told Mama what happened. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Though it was warm, Jimmy shivered, imagining how cold it was for those warriors and soldiers. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Here was proof that he had a great big secret somewhere inside, and he could not imagine what it was. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Can you imagine what they looked like when I came in?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z And I can imagine that it’s us dancing out here, all on our own. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He felt relieved; he had been imagining horrors, the Cruciatus Curse at the very least. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine what people would say if it were known that Hanoi has met all these conditions and then Nixon’s conniving with them kept us from getting it?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Fun, I couldn't imagine that, no matter how hard I tried. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Mary Lou closed one eye and tried to imagine Annie singing from the passenger seat of that Impala as they traveled the asphalt arteries of the nation. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The space seemed to have been cleared with a purpose, but what that purpose was Tristran could not imagine. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She imagined this was similar—only she was moving a thousand times faster, and the grass blades weren’t adoring fans. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “No, I’m not nuts,” Dobbs roared furiously back in the ward, in what he imagined was a furtive whisper. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I tried to push away what was in store by lying back and imagining the ceiling was the unmapped surface of a G-class planet orbiting Alpha Centauri. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I gaze past all of this at the ground itself, which is now slick and damp, and imagine myself lying there. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And he's so surly, it's hard to imagine anyone teaming up with him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But when we made a move towards her, she too came forwards, and—perhaps I imagined it—tucked her shoulders in tightly as she passed between us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “But if it is all the same to you, it is far better for me to return to a meal already prepared. I could not imagine greater assistance than this.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Neither do I, although it’s not hard to imagine what it must have been like. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see her freckles from the audience, but I imagined them dancing on her nose as she flicked her head this way and that. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He imagined them building a wooden ship in failing light and a drizzle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine that everyone benefited from your willingness to share the bars of soap your mother sent. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I imagined so hard, I could almost hear the lions roar. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time we imagined the contours below her housecoat, and attempted to appraise the pleasures she could offer a man. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z "I can't imagine what became of my silver cross," she said, fingering the gold-link necklace under her mink stole as she paused to appraise the big house. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine Erudite’s staring eye, Candor’s unbalanced scales, Abnegation’s clasped hands, and the Dauntless flames. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Frank couldn’t imagine his mom growing up with Grandmother any more than he could imagine her on the battlefield—though the two situations probably weren’t that different. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Genie took it all in, trying to imagine his dad and Uncle Wood as kids, getting shooting lessons from Grandpop. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I saw the angels, or at least I imagined I saw them, watching us scrap, stepping forward and catching the car batteries or jagged lengths of steel tubing that Dad launched across the yard. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He imagined the shadowy face of a sleeping woman. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z At one point a large barge nearly brushed up against us and I imagined we would be boarded by cannibals. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I imagine hard, until I can sing in a voice that's strong and happy. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I imagined gathering speed, pedaling faster and faster, feeling the wind in my hair, going so fast. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z His voice sounded frustrated for some reason I couldn’t imagine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine anything she hates more than not knowing what people are saying about her?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine Willow Chance in such a setting, but maybe she would defy the odds. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Lazlo stared at the goddess with the painted black mask, and imagined, interposed over her crudely drawn features, the very fine ones he’d seen last night. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The room was how I’d always imagined a college dean’s would look — only Carlisle looked too young to fit the part. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And then I imagine I can feel the X rays and the gamma rays, feel them pinging on my eyelids, shooting through my skull, making the palms of my hands tingle like they've fallen asleep. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent most of dinner imagining how, precisely, Daisy would retire from Chuck E. Cheese’s. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The first hot bite of freshly cooked rice, plump and nutty, makes me imagine the taste of ripe papaya although one has nothing to do with the other. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Percy could imagine some of the kids at Camp Half-Blood giving such a command. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I imagined myself in crop tops around town, or in a bikini by the pool, my belly ring catching the sunlight. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I imagined what the other troubles might be. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z As an example, imagine you are driving east on a hill; for every mile east you drive, you gain half a mile in altitude. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I try to imagine this reflected girl printed on the cover of a magazine. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She imagined that she had been drugged and that was why her limbs were so weak and sluggish and why her ideas had grown so jumbled. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A few months ago, I couldn’t imagine what that felt like, having a parent disappear on you. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As for the blue-eyed kid, he stays on the ground, curled up in fetal position, broken and sobbing, which is how I imagine he’ll spend the rest of eternity. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z There was nothing in the windowless room to tell her whether it was night or day, but Meggie couldn’t imagine that the night was over yet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z After Chella died, he was moved into her corner, the corner that Kuttappen imagined was the corner of his home that Death had reserved to administer her deathly affairs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Meggie was trying to imagine it all: the giants, the trolls, and the fairies. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There’s no lock on my door, so I sit on the floor, leaning against it, burning up, inside out, sinking my fingernails into my arms as I imagine Muhammad’s face. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He imagined himself driving along on a day such as this, with the top down, his arm along the door, the wind breezing by. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z She is starting to drift away from me, just as I imagine she drifted away from the girls talking next to us. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z And if I let myself, I can imagine our apartment fading away into the home’s dark, cramped halls and peeling yellow wallpaper. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I can imagine this isn’t the way you wanted to say good-bye, but at least you'll be back soon.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There were continual stampings of alarm, pausing, freezing to the spot at the sound of movement real or imagined. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I could almost imagine us being friends, having this conversation for real. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Then it occurs to me that she hasn’t imagined anything worse than this. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z You can probably imagine that the constant press toward perfection might affect your relationships with others and the expectations you have of yourself. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z There is also this to consider: The name Hitler does not offend a black South African because Hitler is not the worst thing a black South African can imagine. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They were quickly realizing that building a state-of-the-art facility was going to take a lot longer than they’d imagined. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I close my eyes for a moment and imagine my deliciously soft bed and the worn kantha quilt. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I imagine the animal sees that its imminent demise is for a higher purpose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But I can well imagine their faces tightened by incomprehension as they read my words. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Radical genetic interventions could only be imagined in radically egalitarian societies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “It’s hard to imagine being forced to start your life over in a strange place, after a major trauma.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z It was a long way down to the water; longer than I’d imagined. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I scoured the Internet and there was no news of an arrest, either, so I imagine he just ignored my email. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine what a “community meeting” would look like, but my brain had nothing. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He’s enjoying this, I thought bitterly, he’s imagining himself Justice incarnate, balancing the scales. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1917 they were tempted to imagine they were capturing messages destined for warships or submarines at sea. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I suppose the things that transform your life don’t appear as you fancifully imagine they will. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z When he crawled away from the flaming wreckage, I imagine he looked more like a corpse than a living man. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I can just imagine what your father and mother would say if they knew you were running around with filthy trollops like that one. Your father is a very distinguished man, you know.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We could only imagine what was going on inside. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Although we never explicitly talked about it, I imagine this must have been a difficult experience for him, especially with his quiet nature. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z You can imagine how glad I was to hear him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He kept imagining himself tripping and falling under the wheels, torn apart by the train. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z "I have made more mistakes than you can possibly imagine," Ned said, "but that was not one of them." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I had imagined that she lived in an apartment and I was disappointed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I started imagining the shoe pushing all the way through, rubber hitting cement. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He never imagined a reality where these two groups of people would ever meet, but here they were, all to support Shawna and Reg and the kids at West Oakland High. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z On the cell phone, the explosion is soundless, but I can imagine sounds—screaming, tearing, slicing through concrete, steel, and glass. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “All right. Next let’s try this. Can you imagine another world?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A grim specter has crept upon us almost unnoticed, and this imagined tragedy may easily become a stark reality we all shall know. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They could not imagine the world as the size of a piece of paper spread over a blackboard, in which whole armies were reduced to the head of a pin. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine a more alienating lesson for the young than that. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey couldn’t imagine what Mr. Rudyard could do, but she was afraid he would do something. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z When, for example, Mexican-American students began to proclaim themselves Chicanos, they taught many persons in the barrios of southwestern America to imagine themselves in a new context. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined the door had gotten stuck and Papa was trying to open it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z What she had imagined before—the smooth, gently sloping path leading out—now seemed childish. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Long after dark Kit heard her whisper outside the shed wall, so timid and faint that at first she thought she must have imagined it. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine bones at all under those layers of fat. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I spread my arms out even wider, and tried to imagine long robes with sleeves that flowed down along the arms of Prospero. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine myself dressed up as a Cobalt Blue Orchid. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One can imagine Hrdlicka’s disgust—Homo sapiens itself wasn’t thought to be half a million years old. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I thought I was imagining it at first. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I stared down at the page; and well can it be imagined how little I perceived of the meaning of Mr. Locke’s disquisition on space and place; though I shall transcribe and seek to understand. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I imagine her sitting in an old English house, sipping hot chocolate while snow falls outside, drawing a tiny menorah on a notepad, a Hanukkah celebration for her alone. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The snaggle-peaked mountains, the braided green rivers, the sky so blue it seemed like a painting—Roy had never imagined anywhere so beautiful. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine either of us going for five years without writing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I could imagine them now, talking excitedly, laughing in the little kitchen. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It is a compulsive, essentially neurotic kind of behavior, as mindless as an Ionesco character, but the wasp cannot imagine any other way of doing the thing. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine using a superpower to send her to the principal’s office instead of me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “Hey, I wanted him to bring home actual stray animals, so imagine my disappointment whenever he’d come home with a chair.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He imagined himself as the young Winston Churchill covering Kitchener’s battle at Omdurman, a battle of superior versus inferior arms, except that, unlike Churchill, he sided with the moral victor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He imagined how much trust it would take to give his lifeline—his entire fate—to another person. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Cradle enjoyed such authority in B-block, it was hard to imagine the place without her. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I imagine that’s so. But look at that barn. It’s big and they been prospering.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was weird, imagining Mom having childhood friends. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He’d always imagined them as huge noble animals, like lions with wings, but these things reminded him more of vicious pack hunters —flying hyenas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He looks off into space as if imagining that alternate reality. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Seth imagined that the forest would be black as a cave after nightfall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I try to imagine Baba as a teenager, with his father standing over him ugly-frowning like a Pakistani Mr. T. Only it’s hard to imagine, because I’ve never seen Dada in real life. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I imagined the last second, when I would see the pilot’s face, who would be a terrorist. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “And I personally can’t imagine much worse than being tried for my life by a Vermont circuit-court judge and a jury box full of telephone operators.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Kids, they realized, were a great deal more sophisticated in the way they watched than had been imagined. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine that this sound which had been with me for so long could ever stop. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z 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 He leaned back on the couch and covered his eyes with his arm, trying to imagine himself giving a report on all this boring stuff. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined that they’d gone to feed the big fires that had burned outside the hospital. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I would imagine he walked into the palace and looked up to see the daughter watching from a terrace above him in the grand hall. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Already, the blush was gone and she wondered if she’d imagined it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Shadow imagined that he could smell snow on the air. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z As recently as a week ago, in the Director’s office, he had imagined himself courageously resisting, stoically accepting suffering without a word. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how he tried to justify it, he could not imagine himself doing that. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It was worse than Russ could have ever imagined. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When the hippos were silent, she imagined them creeping around the tree where she had tied up. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t imagine any good coming of her continuing to possess the poor girl, but she was also desperate to speak with her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I imagined that was how the animals felt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I couldn’t even imagine delving into my “issues” with some shrink. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Meeting you guys was cooler than anything I could have imagined,” he said to the members of Flush. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Yes; these four evenings have enabled them to ascertain that they both like Vingt-un better than Commerce; but with respect to any other leading characteristic, I do not imagine that much has been unfolded.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z She couldn’t even imagine what that meant to him, but next to her, Joaquin was still, unmoving. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z With his face so close to the surface of the sea he imagined he could smell the salmon running. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Such a life of glamour, you cannot imagine! Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z To imagine means simply to make an image—a picture—in our minds. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I draw some inspiration from beaches I’ve gone to before and imagine a setting not too different from Golden Gardens. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It seems impossible to imagine that there was a time when I looked upon a live sea turtle as a ten-course meal of great delicacy, a blessed respite from fish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z When things come to an end in a way you don't expect, in a way you never could have imagined, do they really come to an end? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The ghosts that he and Petey had seen or imagined on their rides were sleeping, perhaps, and Finn had the graveyard to himself. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I actually imagined my mother, as frugal as she was, waking up from a coma and saying, “You spent how much.? You idiot. You should have saved that money to look after your brothers.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Among other problems, most had small seeds—imagine trying to feed a family on sesame seeds, and you have some idea of what it would have been like to subsist on maygrass. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I fell asleep watching the rise and fall of Rose's breaths and tried to imagine us in another time, building instead of running. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I imagined riding on the backs of those cranes, flying to wherever he was. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the way he’d imagined, but maybe it made no difference. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I imagined a shark popping her head above water, getting a look at a colony of fat, tasty seals sunning themselves on the rocks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I imagined the two of us sitting in the courtyard, chattering away under the mango tree, without Sass there to scold, and with no worries about Hari. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine what it was like for him to mail out these tapes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I had never imagined such a thing would be possible. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It was scary at first, but thrilling too, and pretty soon I was imagining I was a cowgirl, riding off into the sunset. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined himself moving out his knight only to bring it right back to where it had started. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I can imagine him putting down the phone, picking up his little girl, giving her a kiss, embracing his wife. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I had not even known how to imagine it. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z His lips are soft, softer than I could have imagined, but there is a hard desperation behind them, a need. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I couldn’t look at Diego without imagining his dead-eyed stare as he attacked his father, without wondering if he’d enjoyed the sound of cracking bones or smiled when he saw the blood on his hands. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Sitting by myself on the train, I tried to imagine that I was Yakov. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Well, can you imagine that! He didn’t say ‘kaw’ at all. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She rattled her iron jewelry and imagined how pleasant it would be to step up behind Stannis and throttle him with the chain that bound her wrists. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Be my second eye,” the captain says, “and you shall have riches and grand adventures beyond imagining.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I try to imagine what you are like now. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine just going into a courtroom and straight-up making up a story that puts an innocent man on death row? I'm not sure we can trust anything he says.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I drank some chocolate milk and then lay down on the sofa in the living room, not really sad, just floating, trying to imagine what it was to be dead. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t know that he was an animal we had yet to imagine could exist. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In the countless hours of darkening thoughts, Kathy imagined again where she would live. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Can you imagine the words you’d use, dear reader, to tell your family that your parents had been murdered? Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z We can imagine generating a cube in the following way: Take a line segment of a certain length and move it an equal length at right angles to itself. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ranofer was sure it had nothing to do with a meeting place, or stealing gold from goldsmiths, or anything Heqet had imagined. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Distantly, he imagined he could hear the low hums of the temple's brothers in the adjacent wing’s worship hall, the scuffle and slide of their sandals as they prepared for the day’s visiting patrons. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Her coffee-colored hands looked old, but well-manicured and elegant, so I imagined she was a grandmother who had once been a beautiful lady. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z All day long I had been imagining dancing with Manuel, holding his hand, maybe having him give me a good-night kiss. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z A more complete vision of chaos would be hard to imagine. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I can just imagine how that went, the other soldiers falling all over themselves to lay down their jackets every time Miss Duncan needed to cross a puddle. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I imagined a bar on wobbly trestles, liable to fall down at any moment. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z You cannot imagine how I was feeling then. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He is very old, Minli thought to herself, imagining the growth of the trees. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Like it or not, even those who insisted that Bruno was wrong when he described an infinite universe were forced to imagine what it would be like if he were right. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine something with no width and no height—with no substance at all—being a square. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “I know what the word means, Dad. But I’m not imagining things. My colors are as real as this house.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Harry went back to the castle later that afternoon with Ron and Hermione, unable to banish the image of the happy expression on Hagrid’s whiskery face as he had imagined Harry winning the tournament. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I can’t even imagine trolleys on 125th Street,” he said, instantly recognizing the heavy awkwardness of what he was saying. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She tries to imagine him hunched somewhere, his fingers twisting the dials of a phantom radio. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She couldn’t remember him little, could only imagine his older face—sharp cheekbones framed by floppy hair—atop a compact little body like Loo’s. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I could imagine what a disappointing wish that would be for a six-year-old, but I had to plant crops. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Oh, baloney! I can just imagine the ladies swimming with the rats biting their legs!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “For someone so superstitious, you risk angering the gods by not attending. I imagine that an assassin would take more interest in the day of the dead.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Crammed in the car, the group sometimes tired of chess talk and reminisced about other adventures, real or imagined. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I imagined a mob of Black Panthers saying it with me. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The reality, though, is more painful and tiring than I had imagined. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As I ask it, I suddenly can see that my mom looks worried and tired, and I try to imagine what would be happening right now if it was me and not Finch who’d disappeared. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I thought I was imagining it when I heard the cackling, but then I looked at Amaka—and sure enough, she was laughing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Now think of a location and its sound, and imagine a recognizable sound associated for that place. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The life of the wild animal is simple, noble and meaningful, they imagine. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I cup my palm, imagining a butterfly landing in it, feeling the flutter and life, and I go to a sleeping, remembering, dreamworld. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I imagined she had on sweats and a T-shirt, and had her hair wrapped in a silk scarf, like my mother used to do before she went to bed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Too well he could imagine the kindly eyes clouding, the smile fading into discouragement. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Especially having lost Anthony’s goodwill, I have to imagine, by sniffing around his Hanes. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Calypso shook her head, as if she couldn’t imagine those two words going together. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I imagine that crown on Oak’s brow and flinch from the image. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I could imagine all the fear, isolation, and hopelessness they must be feeling. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I was completely absorbed, except for one small part of my mind that wondered what Edward was doing now, and trying to imagine what he would be saying if he were here with me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Laila imagined it had been this way for her brothers too. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Since I hope Newjack constitutes an argument against that sort of thinking, I don’t imagine I’ll ever win those people over. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was imagining the civil liability, for Reggie, and his folks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I never imagined he would be part of the quest,” she said. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I mostly don’t like to imagine the life I could have had, the one without magic in it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After all, it was “painful” to imagine that one might be “not just right”— particularly if whatever was wrong was not your own fault but “maybe a thing you were born with.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z And now that I’d grown used to his voice, I couldn’t imagine him not saying shall or decorum. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I imagine flashing lights and people bumping into each other and drug trolleys zooming around like fast cars and that’s how it was in our living room now. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Bridge briefly imagined what Tab would say about that. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z It's better than I ever imagined, better than I dreamed. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Strut, stand, and imagine. No, don’t look away, don’t look down, look out there. Yes, just like that. What did you say your name was?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I could just imagine what my mom would say if she knew about the dance. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z To her, he said, “Yeah, that’s cool. I imagine I’m not her favorite person right now anyway, so she probably wouldn’t be too thrilled to see me in your room.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He seemed far away and mild, the way you might imagine a king would be if he had nothing to worry about. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I’m fast, but I’m not fast enough to outrun the whispers I imagine chasing at my heels. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It’s funny—I always imagined dating someone would be pretty straightforward, once you established you liked each other, but it’s not. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It was far less exciting than I had imagined. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t imagine that they could have much evidence against her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Now imagine what it is to live in a world with Specters in it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine that this is what it must’ve been like decades ago, before the cold lights of computer screens and tablets and phones permanently eliminated the peace of darkness from our lives. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z They say, “Listen, it’s really very easy. Imagine left-right. Imagine forward-back. Okay, so far? Now imagine another dimension, at right angles to the other two.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This is what she imagined he would think in such a moment. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And they imagined that they were singing to fellow officers fresh from the fray. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Every night before turning off the lights, Roy would lie on his pillow and stare at the poster, imagining that he was the sinewy young bull rider in the picture. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined our escape, a midnight flight to the safety of the Princess. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine that some of his stories really happened. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Hornet felt the cold white sheets and imagined that she was holding Bo’s little hand, so warm... The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s easier to imagine she’s mine and mine alone when there’s no specific tie to anything else, no reminders of black and white. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined his hands quivering with fear, a wet patch spreading on his trousers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” Yossarian remembered, “a very funny thing happened—maybe I dreamed it. I think a strange man came in here before and told me he’s got my pal. I wonder if I imagined it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He imagined himself as a dentist, removing that gold tooth, pocketing it, and refitting Mr. Trepid with something else, maybe something red, maybe plastic, shaped like a fang. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Had he really seen them or imagined them? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “The thing I like best is how you never do what I imagine you will. For instance, I didn’t think you’d duel over me.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Voices echo up and down the line, more than I could’ve imagined would survive. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Possessed by the spirits of the girls, can you imagine! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Living in the city, I couldn’t imagine a differing landscape. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I imagine it’s different for him now, no lazy Saturday sex or scrambled eggs, instead a different sort of joy, a little girl tucked up between him and his wife, babbling away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I hung the Nixon button on the wall in what I imagined to be the oldest boy’s room. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “Those policemen asked me the same thing, Tandy, and I cannot imagine how anyone could have entered your apartment without a key. I’m stumped on that one.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I love him immediately and imagine him to be good-hearted and loud and the owner of a horse. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z To imagine that there were possibilities after Izio and this war, even if they were possibilities I wouldn’t really want. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The idea is so ridiculous to me that I can’t even imagine what it might feel like to hold someone’s hand in public. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “He's away more than he’s here. Off with my eldest boys in Islamabad. Chasing politics at his age. Can you imagine?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z And I found myself doing what I have long since banned myself from doing—that is, imagining my parents were coming back, with David and Joseph, and wishing they were. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine what kind of poverty would motivate a person to forget themselves and everyone they loved so their families could get a monthly stipend. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The truth of a marriage can be understood in a much shorter time than anyone ever imagined. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z No one knows the details, so let’s imagine them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z All day, mile after mile, he let himself imagine they would be greeted with food. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine?” she says after a second, her voice hoarse. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z He imagined beetle blades out there, helping the creatures find their way. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I imagine some prisoner checking it out and reading my book within that book. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She imagined them nursing quiet plans for her wedding; her mother would think of a caterer and colors, and her father would think of a distinguished friend he could ask to be the sponsor. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In my mind, I imagine Inka being some statue princess that no one pays attention to, but what they don’t know is that she holds the secrets of all who talk around her. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She often imagined him standing in the middle of a gathering of rapt villagers, talking in that sonorous voice about the great nation that Biafra would be. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Sticky must have been thinking about the same thing, because when they had rejoined the girls at the table, he said, “Can you imagine a worse job than being a Helper?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The kinds of things that people create through this network of stories are known in academic circles as ‘fictions’, ‘social constructs’, or ‘imagined realities’. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I can also imagine that same person, over time, getting familiar enough with the material that he begins to judge, very well, what kinds of responses work best with what kinds of people. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bump on my head is throbbing, and I can’t stop thinking about the argument I saw, or imagined, or dreamed about, on Saturday night. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z You can’t imagine the play of the words in your head. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "You only imagined it," said Ralph shakily, "because nothing would bulge. Not any sort of creature." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z "My great-grandfather married a Swedish girl, you know? So the family has light-colored blood, and that Sandi got it all. But imagine, spirit of contradiction, she wanted to be darker complected like her sisters." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A much broader group was stirred up over the shooting than I had imagined. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I defended myself, as I imagined, against the fear my father made me feel by remembering that he was very old-fashioned. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z All I could do was imagine having my own kitten. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z They did not imagine that there was anything in this little land that would stand up to twenty of their kind together. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She couldn't imagine that any other kid had presented something as precise. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Even though I could imagine biting into fluffy buttermilk pancakes, lightly dusted with powdered sugar and a dribbling of warm maple syrup, my mouth tightened with bitterness. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Cora imagined the posses massing in the woods, girding themselves for a dash into the field. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He couldn’t imagine that kindergartners would care about gender one way or the other. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I imagine him getting run over by a truck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine a less hospitable place for a nineteen-year-old nonconformist. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain is beyond imagining now, but still I run. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I imagined how May had rolled the rock from the bank out into the river, then lay down, pulling it on top of her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z All in all, it was more wealth than I ever could have imagined existed on this earth. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I imagine my father, a portly bear who I have never seen move faster than a brisk walk. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine Mrs. Lynch, with her gray hair, wrapped in a bun, as a teenager, dancing to music in the living room with my mom. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I tuned in to the creek’s gurgle, imagining a pristine river on a deserted island, its shore lined with orchids and gardenias, with birds warbling sweet melodies. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z For months after my father’s death, long after I had arrived in Chicago and found a home in the stained brick and wharfs of the Levee, I had imagined my father still underwater. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It rushes, pours like I imagine a waterfall would. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “I imagine it will involve a high level of destruction.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z No, for he spoke to himself, not to an imagined audience. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A more evil, vicious, and self-serving man could hardly be imagined, Esperanza had written in her book on the land of Opium. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It had taken more running and leaping and sliding than he had imagined. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The ride home wasn’t exactly the way Will had imagined it would be when he realized he had invited Claire to come bike riding with them. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z To calm myself, I imagine her in a sari. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was exactly what you’d think of when you imagined a college campus. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Their eyes follow you, right? I’m not imagining it?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z As I think about my impetuous brother, I can imagine him being that young man who made a run for the forest, doing everything he possibly could to try to survive. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “You just can’t imagine how different it is from what we’re used to. At home we have cities and cars and things because nature is organized a whole different way.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the security cams and imagine what the square's crowd looks like. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stop myself from imagining it, like some sort of television show. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Salva shook his head, unable to imagine what life would be like in the camp without Uncle. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Gregor imagined the bottleneck a hundred bats would cause trying to get in the door downstairs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Hazel could almost imagine she was sailing home to Camp Jupiter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z By this time Kyla and Larisa were giggling nervously, and I can only imagine what the audience must have thought at the sight of me running in circles behind the podium. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I choke back a laugh remembering this now, imagining Helene's face if she knew she was being referred to as a siren. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Not unless she is imagined to be more than tired tropes and predictable clichés. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Which, you can imagine, is a problem at a monastery. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In kindergarten, when the teacher had asked this question, Warren had answered with his plans for that afternoon—the afternoon being as far into the future as his five-year-old mind could imagine. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Seven years after composing his Pathetique sonata, Beethoven stopped sounding like Mozart or Dussek or Haydn and started creating music beyond what they had imagined. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I imagined Ravi would greet me first and with a tease. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Just embrace it. That’s what I did. I remember looking in the mirror and deciding my prom was going to be suck-free, even if it wasn’t going to be how I imagined it.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I had nothing left to even imagine such a death. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing more he could do—nothing but imagine last- second problems. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was truly biblical; a fog I could imagine God, in one of his lesser wraths, cursing the Egyptians with. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She imagined Akira growing up, flying a plane and dropping a bomb. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Me!” she replied with a smile of astonishment, “are you imagining me to be Mr. Elton’s object?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The horizon is a million adults zooming past me, is a line of yellow taxis, is more than you could possibly imagine. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine why any newsperson would want to talk to somebody who can only talk through a machine. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It was the strangest thing to find within these walls someone who was more like myself than I could have imagined. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He couldn’t imagine how she figured on living in such surroundings. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Similarly, after Paul Revere had passed on his news, you can imagine that all of the men in the militia movement gathered around and made plans to confront the British the following morning. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If you really want to imagine something, try imagining what it would be like to empty every word from your head and then look at the universe. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z When he was incarcerated there, he couldn’t imagine what workers were available and ready to work long hours a day after the hurricane, but the answer makes a certain amount of sense. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I imagined myself doing things I could not do—charging an enemy position, taking aim at another human being. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined their discussions were the same as the ones in this kitchen. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Darwin imagined that the cells of all organisms produce minute particles containing hereditary information—gemmules, he called them. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He imagined quietness, delicacy, the kind of woman whose sneeze, whose laugh and talk, would be soft as the under feathers closest to a chicken’s skin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Even the shortest sentence, three years, was more than I could imagine. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Talking fish? What would they say? 'Please don’t fry me'?” I push the door open, and her face is just like I imagined. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I imagine him having to leave Pagoda Pizza. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Except, I could imagine him sitting between Mom and Nana, kicking me under the table as my brother unleashed his most embarrassing stories about me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “I can’t even imagine what that must be like,” she said quietly. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z You could imagine these feathers moving in the air. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine him standing in the dark all day. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I didn’t dare imagine who else it might be. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Commonly, the universe is naively imagined to follow human or animal precedent. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine Violet at home right now, on the other side of the computer, her perfect mouth with its perfect corners turned up, smiling at the screen, in spite of everything, no matter what. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine Cardan swimming in a lake, jumping in the water, splashing people, laughing at something other than their suffering. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As Miranda imagined the scene she began to cry a little herself. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine that this landscape of loops was made one link at a time, starting that afternoon in the art room. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z That’s why with everything I do and write, I imagine the kind of mom I’d like to be to my children later on. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He couldn’t imagine Capricorn being afraid of a woman, certainly not one who got out of breath when she climbed a hill and was scared of snakes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Sometimes when we are little we imagine how it would be to have wings, but there is no reason to suppose it is the same feeling birds have. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine what it must be like staying there now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Grandmother had described land mines, but they were far, far worse than Nhamo had imagined. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I have all the space I can imagine. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They had never imagined a man like him, an American like him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, begor, it was a fine state of business, as you may imagine. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Axel likes to imagine peeking underneath George’s white hair, underneath the flesh and bone, and into the pulsing brain of George M. Flores. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if she was imagining that or not. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Some scholars imagine ancient hunter-gatherer societies as peaceful paradises, and argue that war and violence began only with the Agricultural Revolution, when people started to accumulate private property. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Except much worse, if it’s possible to imagine: a strange pattern of dark, round burn marks all along her cheek. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I’m imagining the worst, like he got into a fight with his interviewer, and now he's banned from applying to any college at all, and his future is ruined. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I imagined a long loaf of pan de agua, the kind the baker made with a coconut frond down the center of its crunchy crust. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I still couldn’t imagine why he needed all that muriatic acid, but would he keep that much around if he really was the acid thrower? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Before I could fully imagine the tragic end of my life I heard an ambulance wailing up the Norvelt road. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z That didn’t stop me from imagining her, perhaps even looking down on me now. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z By and large Huygens imagined the environments and inhabitants of other planets to be rather like those of seventeenth- century Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn't imagine what it must have been like to see every building on the East Side engulfed in flames like these. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I imagine books jammed between the dresser and the wall, books under his mattress. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I can't even begin to imagine what I look like: mismatched clothes, my hair loose and tangled, a run in my stockings. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She imagined that if she fell asleep here, her body would sink into the earthen floor and turn to mulch. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I thought about the young woman in the shack, how she’d treated me so nice, and then I imagined what it must have been like for Dad to go into a burning house. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As you can imagine, this desperate measure wasn’t encouraged by the air force. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As he waddled around, giggling for the American doctor, Farmer’s famous blush spread over his forehead and down his neck, and, I imagined, past his necktie toward his feet. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I put my face in my hands and try not to think, try not to imagine anything at all. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I imagined Abuela with tubes and monitors strapped all over her body. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I imagined swallowing a mixture of the two and coating my throat with them. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It is hard to imagine what twentieth- century classical music would have done without ballet. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This does not prove, as some have imagined, that he was a secret Copernican, only that there were plenty of craters to go round. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I could hear Momma’s voice getting farther and farther away as I imagined I was in the story until finally her voice and the story all mixed into one. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z There were low, dull thumps on the door and Mark imagined Bruce’s people half out of their minds wanting to get through, beating on it in frustration. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I imagined he did that in the boardroom of his land development company and made his employees nervous. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I wonder if my mom’s up there in heaven or simply up there somewhere—maybe even on some after-death spaceship or something, like Boy21 had imagined. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to imagine what the Taliban would do to his father if they were caught. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He gripped my jacket with a force I wouldn't have imagined he was capable of exerting. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They would be throwing away their life, and taking somebody else’s life for some moment they imagined would happen. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Bees were more fragile than I ever imagined. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened his eyes and saw what he imagined was the great wing of an eagle pouring a wet lightness over him. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z We can imagine these wormholes as tubes running through a fourth physical dimension. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlotte was dead, but George was alive in a way she had never imagined. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He’d attached so much of himself to those three concrete steps, and he couldn’t imagine moving somewhere far away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We imagined what would happen if a grease fire broke out in the kitchen, or if an electrical fire started in the basement, or if lightning struck from above. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I thought maybe I was imagining it, but some people actually nodded in my direction and smiled. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She willed herself to imagine her mother, who would know what to say and how to comfort her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “And she boosted me up so I could get a drink. And imagine, all these years later and we’re married and have two kids.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I look forward to sharing my writing, and no longer imagining myself as the “starving artist.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In a very real way I imagined my own execution. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He tried not to imagine what was happening just below the attic floor: every single thing they owned—their furniture, Cleo’s toys, Mom’s cookbooks, Dad’s trumpet and all his music—being covered with water. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Rowan didn’t know the path that led him from an old-guard scythe to Goddard, but he could imagine. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was so fast, the descent of the kite and the gliding away with the chick grasped in hooked claws, that Olanna thought she might have imagined it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He’s not how you might imagine the hero of a story. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “It’s good. I imagine all the sisters are black.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z ‘Are those their drums? I began to think I was imagining them, as no one else seemed to take any notice of them.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “If you imagine what it’s like to have your back up against the wall all the time, you might be less likely to assume someone’s stupid and evil.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The storm must have been even more violent than he’d imagined. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He could imagine the man’s complaints when Carpenter suggested that he stand in whenever one of their gang was too besotted, or incarcerated, or otherwise unavailable for their nocturnal missions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “After she died, they ran off into the woods and went wild. I imagine there are hundreds of them out there.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z But then I imagined that LOL on her tombstone again and suddenly felt too silly to say anything else. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine any relative of Abe’s being so perfectly clueless?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I’d paste gold stars on the ceiling and imagine them twinkling day and night. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “You sound surprised, as if you never imagined these people capable of such things.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The darkness was black, complete, and Ugwu imagined the spider’s hairy legs, its surprise to find not cold underground soil but warm human flesh. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Jason imagined what the palace must have looked like when it was newly built, with Imperial guards walking the ramparts and the golden eagles of Rome glinting on the parapets. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps in his presence she imagined herself young and beautiful again, the sonnet lady desired by a man who could not have her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Though we stood in Denmark’s woods, there floated as on abreeze the imagined scents of the distant Bible lands: myrrh and aloe and henna and cinnamon. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I imagined his mother looking for me at the graduation ceremony, asking him where I was. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I began imagining myself a handless beggar in the market, unable to even use the bathroom. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The public—and the scientists themselves—imagine that the quality of the evidence determines the outcome; actually, we are told, it is the status, power and rhetorical skill of the combatants. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The way he says my name is a little more comforting than the way I imagined that creep Philly would say it; it’s more like a conductor giving a pep talk before a sold-out performance. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A few people even imagined they smelled poison smoke and saw fire caused by the Martians’ heat ray. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z She imagined all of Herat knew this morning how she’d disgraced herself. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The connections between modern landmasses and those of the past were found to be infinitely more complex than anyone had imagined. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I imagine each room as the beauty workshop of a Belle. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z My arms and legs felt like the heavy bags from Dad’s gym, and moving them took more effort than I ever imagined possible. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He imagined how it would have felt to be here if his name hadn’t come out of the Goblet of Fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine living your whole life thinking you made a mistake?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I imagined her listening to Chuck Parson babble at her and thinking about ways out, about the living ways out and the dead ways out. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I imagined her in the distant release site, hearing word of the attack and worrying about me from afar, and my father waking up in Miami to terrifying news. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z This myth about spontaneous combustion would be accepted as scientific fact far longer than might be imagined. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Then I imagine them landing on a cloud and sitting there, waiting to be answered. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The AEC chairman could not imagine how a bifurcated weapons program would operate or how the reduction in responsibility for the Super would affect morale on the New Mexico mesa. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine having to deal with that many uncontrollable things going on in my body. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “We could imagine all sorts of universes unlike this one, but this is the one that happened.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine what it was about me that could burn up Mary so. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps Penelope imagined it, but it seemed to her that a dark look briefly shadowed the face of the enigmatic old coachman. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Ophie could understand why someone would want to do that, even though she couldn’t imagine abandoning her people. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “She will be in a few minutes. We’ll have to move her in with you for a while, I should think; I can’t imagine her wanting to sleep in here again.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He tried to imagine feeling any color but muted gray. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Though Janice seemed sweet, I had no trouble imagining him capable of murder. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, when he called, it was easy to imagine an answering bark. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She could imagine what he was thinking: “There are so many patients to see and treat, and I need to spend every minute with them.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Shame filled Turner, and his heart beat against his chest so loudly that he imagined it could be heard above the waves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She imagined coming home to them without any food. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Whenever he'd imagined his homecoming, he had always pictured himself returning to the snug bedchamber in the Sea Tower, where he'd slept as a child. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But what I wanted to tell him was that he had saved my life in ways he never imagined, or ever could. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I can't even begin to imagine what mysterious circumstances led to your being outed to the universe, but it doesn't sound pleasant, and I know it's not what you wanted. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z At home, he must have had a system, though Lazlo couldn’t imagine what it was. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Anyway...can you imagine anyone wanting to convert now? Publicly? It would be too dangerous.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z For a terrifying moment, Frank imagined they’d all be crushed under tons of earth—a disappointing way to die, after all they’d been through. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine deep down inside of her that she didn’t. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Maybe she’s planning a road trip, using the map to imagine routes. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Removed some skin, I would imagine. A few small parts. Nothing too essential.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This attach^ case' - he nudged it with his foot - 'is chock-full of notes on every possible angle one can imagine.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z There were ears everywhere, or at least we imagined them there. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She set the cup on the terrace railing and gazed over the valley as if imagining battle lines. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He imagined that a call would come to him, a voice of Command, the voice of a subaltern of God, hashmarks running down his arm for a thousand miles. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I really cannot imagine what more you might wish for in life.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I try to imagine what Carlos wanted to give Pop. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z “I imagine your ink would just freeze now,” Yishan said with a slight undertone of annoyance. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z You could almost imagine yourself free, and walking in the world. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Inside it there were three knights and a seasick brachet Anything less suitable than these to the tradition of the Gaelic world, It would have been impossible to imagine. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z For some reason I imagine it to be something like Alison, but mostly I just think of her as the running girl. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He imagined her clients instantly trusting her ability. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I imagined going into the garden, where Jaja was on his knees, digging out a clump of mud with my fingers and eating it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She could imagine the scene—the manly punches to the shoulder, the horseplay. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Can you imagine what all four of those together smelled like? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Do you imagine there’s something you could be doing better?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Like I either imagined it, which is quite possible, or I’m overreacting, which will buy me a trip back to the drug- induced dreamland I’m trying so hard to escape. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was barely six; she couldn’t imagine that Wash would be down by the river yet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Lightly hitched to society, he imagined himself bound to grander forces. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Chicho lets go and I extend my arms and touch the empty space around me, imagining him still there. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z But their effect was more than either of us could have imagined. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I remembered Margie and her mother and imagined them in New York, wearing beautiful clothes and eating bright yellow eggs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I imagined my father’s face, his dark eyes shrinking, his mouth clamping into a frown as he turned to my mother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And I just kept imagining there was some Flathead Indian grandma in the kitchen, just making fry bread for all the room-service people. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z She imagined Coach Hedge getting impatient and aiming a ballista at the man in purple, or eidolons possessing the crew and forcing them to commit suicide-by-Hercules. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I imagined being the only white girl in a room full of Negroes and shivered. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The sixteenth president of the United States of America did not, as you might imagine, speak in a rich chocolaty baritone. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I felt myself in motion, still directed toward the total possession of my body, but by some other route which I could not before then have imagined. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Well, I couldn’t imagine getting to know someone like you,” Javier said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But it was already autumn when they arrived in the city, and the air had not been as warm and gentle as Prosper had imagined it to be. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z You can't imagine how much I wanted to contact you in the past six months. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment, Meggie felt as if those stars were eyes giving away their presence and imagined she could hear them whispering, “Look, Basta, there they go, down there! Quick, catch them!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She is less anxious than she’d have imagined, here alone in this room. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see Dad’s face, but I imagined his eyes bulging out and his cheeks turning bright red. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I am frequently mistaken for the god of love. Death has more in common with Love than you might imagine. But I am Death. I assure you.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But I also couldn’t imagine another year with people who made me feel uncomfortable in my own skin. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z This claim was usually met with polite smiles when I was in the room, but I can only imagine the hysterical laughter and conversations about my cross-dressing when I wasn’t around. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And she must have been just imagining the smell of peppermint. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And I can't imagine a scenario where I won't want to kiss your face off as soon as I see you. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I'd been working on something in private and now began to imagine bringing it to a live audience. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Then I stare at the ceiling and imagine my prayers traveling up, up, up and hovering over my bed until they lift all the way through the roof. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I have to hold very still to make sure I’m not imagining it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Sunday mornings in this year of grace 1965, imagine the “Christian conscience” of congregations guarded by deacons barring the door to black would-be worshipers, telling them “You can’t enter this House of God!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In this single sun-drunk stripe, Weep was as lush as Lazlo had always imagined it to be, and the rest of the city looked more dead for the contrast. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was such a pretty day you couldn’t imagine anything coming along to spoil it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined them just shutting off like factory machines at the end of a shift: functioning, purposeful, and then just out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Odin makes straight for Fenrir, the wolf, now grown so huge as to be beyond imagining. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Her features were a little heavier than I’d imagined, not quite so fine as those of the Jess in my head. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I think I can imagine you lying on a carpet somewhere listening to it, eating Oreos, and maybe writing in a journal. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z For one second, the time it takes to blink, I imagine throwing my sponge into the air. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I would imagine him trudging behind a long caravan back to Isfahan, broken. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He glanced around constantly, imagining that he could feel his scar prickling.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I imagined that Hamlet, restored to himself, would learn from Horatio that I lived. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I knew I wasn't imagining the awed looks of our comrades across the table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Five hours ago, before he knocked on Guitar’s door, he had stood on the top step, dripping in the summer rain that still patted the window, imagining that the drops were tiny steely picks. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I pictured her visiting him, and not being able to touch him because of an unbreakable window, and I imagined her wanting to unlock his cage, knowing she couldn’t. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I try to imagine him with feathers in his dark hair and wearing beaded buckskin like in the newspaper serials. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Well, it wasn’t easy for him, as you can imagine. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Passing the anchor on the way, he skimmed his hand over its whole length, and tried to imagine it rippling and morphing as it apparently had for the dark god Skathis. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z About every five minutes I would imagine that I was hearing horses, and jump around ready to run for it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth could imagine being an Ancient Greek, walking into the Parthenon and seeing this massive goddess with her shield, spear, and python, her free hand holding out Nike, the winged spirit of victory. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Zeitoun had never imagined that the day would come that he might see such a thing, a body floating in filthy water, less than a mile from his home. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He sounded surprised, as if he were unable to imagine something that Forks couldn’t offer. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I imagine him my age and think of all the questions I need answers to. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z He imagined the deportation team arriving instantly, with snarling dogs, and ropes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined my arms swinging heavy at my sides like two thick hoe handles. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z But when I imagined stepping back into my life, all I could see was a parade of people living and dying on me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The sky arched over them, higher than they could have imagined, a pale, clear blue. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She kept climbing, but she imagined him watching her with those piercing blue eyes, his jaw set with confidence. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her hair smelled of smoke, and if he closed his eyes, he could almost imagine they were at the campfire at Camp Half-Blood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “More fun than either of us imagined, it seems,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I imagined, as a pastor, he’d had experience giving bad news to people, but it must have been different when it was your own wife and son. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the look of sadness that I imagine on his face when we speak on the phone. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She being the kind that put down newspapers so old Mr. Tate wouldn’t track in dirt on her floors, you can imagine that she wasn’t taking kindly to Miss Love’s music. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And then it starts to tilt a little bit, and then it heads up with the fire beneath it, and up, and suddenly it’s hurtling through the blue, flying faster than Audubon could ever imagine. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I imagine this was to provide some degree of protection for die people below in case there was anything—or anyone—thrown down from above. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Maybe I imagined that big splash out there behind the fog. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He could imagine Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho women and children crossing the river and walking onto the battlefield. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Closing my eyes, I began to imagine walking around a large, crowded college campus. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Because they are not my people, their imagined praise or condemnation means nothing to me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But nobody imagined that an expedition led by Rob Hall would be at the center of it. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Just imagine. This really nice kid, this great chess player, maybe the greatest chess player who ever lived. When he plays chess he is...mean! I mean, really mean!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I cannot imagine why anyone would want to have a phone only to shut it off,” his mother says. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But my world is also a whole lot bigger than I could have ever imagined, because now it holds Rani and Jay and Lakshman and my grandparents inside. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It was on those days that she closed her eyes and dreamily imagined herself back, just for a moment, in the smoky hut of her parents. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I simply can’t imagine the world will ever be normal again for us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was hard for Armpit to imagine this big, red-bearded guy washing their shirts. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Anya could imagine his round face, scrunched with confusion, blinking slowly as he tried to work out how best to help the mountain hulking before him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Apparently that was yet another wrong thing for Oliver to say, although he couldn’t imagine why. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Just imagine, almost a month since even a letter from you,” William wrote. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and opened them to make sure he wasn't imagining it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Can’t you imagine landing there, being there again? You know how it smells? The air there. And seeing everyone again. Please, Rafa.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z This is not the kind of future I imagine for myself. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I guess I didn’t know enough about tattoo parlors to imagine one at all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Phoebe imagined that every noise was the lunatic sneaking in or the message-leaver creeping up to drop off an-other anonymous note. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Hazel looked down at her rumpled denim, not self-consciously, but baffled, as if she couldn’t imagine what was wrong with them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Their life together had happened to her, she would not have been able to imagine it if she had tried, and so, surely, she could return to what was before. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They’d gone there with other kids and imagined they were hiding out, sharpening alder sticks with pocketknives to be used in their defense. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Her sweaters, which she had imagined quite bulky, proved in fact to be flat and few. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He fell off the step, away from the rock wall, out into space, off the cliff-side, where he dropped—a nightmarish tumble down distances that Bod could not even imagine.... The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I never could have imagined how strong the effect would be. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It extended up beyond the frame of Mr. Archie’s display window, attached to some ginormous body they couldn’t see, or imagine. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z "She was probably too scared to get up in case Bo woke up—imagine the fuss he would have made." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a sturdy truck, rolling right through every kind of pothole that you could ever imagine. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She imagined it becoming as tiny as the period at the end of a sentence. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z In your wildest dreams you could not imagine that such things could happen to you! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “Now imagine that world has people like us in it, but no bees. They’d have the experience of sweetness and of light, but how would they symbolize them?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z His front tire tilted high; he imagined wings sprouting from the handlebars and jet fire shooting from his seat as his back tire touched down on the opposite side of the creek. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He could only imagine how truly horrific a place like this could be if everyone went lazy and stupid. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure I can imagine it now.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry didn’t know whether he was imagining it or not, but he seemed to keep running into Shape wherever he went. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He also imagined that the Moon had its inhabitants, well adapted to the inclemencies of the local environment. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And with that remark, my nephew’s life slips out of my grasp to imagine. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can imagine that we are very anxious,” Pa tells Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Fenoglio looked pleadingly at Mo. "I could just follow you, inconspicuously. How would he know who I am? I want to find out if he really looks the way I imagined him, that’s all." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Dicey couldn’t imagine what kind of work would make a person look like that. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Rowan wanted to believe he’d seek justice, but he thought back to the days before he became an apprentice, when the appearance of a scythe was the most frightening thing he could imagine. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Perhaps everything is all right and I’m just imagining—don’t you think so, Jane?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Kind of black, sinking moods. I imagine it’s what being in the eye of a tornado would be like, all calm and blinding at the same time. I hate them.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In the exchange of letters there grew a closeness neither of them could have imagined. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I imagine that Marc’s mother and father are doing the same thing that I’m doing—accessing memories of Marc’s grandfather. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I still saw people sailing to and from Penikese from time to time, and I imagined them digging up what was left of the moors. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She looked at the empty blue lines on the page and tried to imagine them full of words. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z From today’s perspective, it is difficult to imagine the ethical system that could justify De Soto’s subsequent actions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I ask, imagining Angel saying the poem with an attitude. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I close my eyes to imagine the voices of those I left behind. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Really well, I think. She hasn’t opened up yet about much, but at least she seems comfortable around me. I can’t imagine the terror that poor thing was going through after she was left behind.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Although we may find it hard to imagine, many cultures, such as those found in the countries of Africa or among some indigenous groups, don’t have a word for music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z And there Meg sat, to ‘rest and read’, which meant to yawn and imagine what pretty summer dresses she would get with her salary. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined the scene inside the gym—circles of kids, hopping up and down to the beat. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But as time went on, I realized they have had experiences I can’t imagine. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Who could have imagined a human doing this with such ease,” Mother Water Monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Anyone who has read a great deal can imagine the new world that opened. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It actually hurts, imagining prom happening without me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Today, when we hear the word clone, we imagine scientists creating entire living animals —like Dolly the famous cloned sheep—using DNA from one parent. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z But he seemed too conservative, and he was thirty-four to her twenty-one—well beyond the age she had imagined for a husband. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine that war raged somewhere in Europe. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I imagined he worked by oil lamp, cutting and sewing leather well into the night. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She happened to be an orphan, and I figured that if this much could befall an orphan, imagine how impressive I would look in such a role. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The story of the magical fish is just a nice thing I imagined. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He imagined that they were Bangladeshi or Sri Lankan. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I imagine that would be her job, but I figure he might take it easier if I give him a heads-up. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I imagined it was how Jesse had felt when he decided to hang himself. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It could make you think he was examining an X-ray of your soul or, if you were irritated with him, that he imagined he was examining one. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z From imagining what a future might look like with him in it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z In a way, it was, for we were to be separated for much longer than either of us could then have imagined. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine the new face the doctors would give me, thinking about what the operation could mean for my future. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The clapping that swept the hall seized her by surprise and she stood very still, wondering for a moment if she was imagining it all. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Well, imagine my gobsmacked surprise when one of the king’s ministers told me they needed a historian to visit the goblin court of Ghohg the Evil One. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z You see, the foolish old man was actually beginning to imagine the Witch would fall in love with him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He had invented what he imagined was fried rice, frying the rice in groundnut oil, and had half hoped it would send them both to the toilet in a hurry. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I couldn’t ever imagine a life without my uncle, his laughing, his stories, the way he looks at the world. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I go back to imagining killing the president. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Her heart leaped when she imagined him ditching Scott to be with her. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I screamed, imagining my skin disappearing in chunks into the invisible mouths of hundreds of tiny black specks creeping into parts of my body I couldn’t even reach. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I didn’t know the standards and couldn’t imagine that I would have difficulty with them. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z But seriously, I couldn’t imagine it, so I said a quick farewell to my parents and floated in solo. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine what it must be like to have all my words stuck inside,” she finally says. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z As Groucho Marx said, “Love flies out the door when money comes innuendo,” and it’s hard to imagine him saying it in Esperanto. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined what my siblings would have done. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As they walked, she imagined them passing under the shoemakers, the bakers, the blacksmiths in their forges with the walls stained black. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He was the kind of man whom it was hard to imagine had once been a boy. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard for me to imagine Grandma’s family dying in the Holocaust, since for sure they’d all be gone by now anyway. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The dream was an appealing one, the architects agreed, and no one doubted Chicago’s sincerity in imagining this fantasy precinct of lagoons and palaces, but the reality was something else entirely. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine what future such a woman might claim for herself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Now as Cara sat at the kitchen table looking through the sheaf of fourth-grade editions, she had trouble imagining herself writing all this. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Now, when I looked at her hands with their swollen knuckles folded together in her lap, I imagined them smooth and slim, striking the piano keys. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine what came over me. Temporary insanity or something. I’m so very sorry. I can assure you it will never happen again.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The magnitude of this calamity was so far beyond anything I’d ever imagined that my brain simply shorted out and went dark. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He imagined Lola at the table, reading her newspaper and shaking her head. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Lyra, helpless, could only imagine what had happened: somehow Mrs. Coulter must have crossed that chasm, and followed her up here.... The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Is it just me? Am I imagining this?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I could not imagine such a thing: people afraid of me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z To look within, to feel or imagine, is not encouraged. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “He must be so upset about all of this. I can’t imagine how he must be feeling.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I would like all of you to take a moment now to think of the thing that scares you most, and imagine how you might force it to look comical....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We reached a clearing at the creek bed and studied the rocky, parched ground, and I imagined a time when this had been a lively stream that one could wade in for a swim. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Autumn was most fun, because then they imagined, like on Earth, they were scuttering through autumn leaves. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Carlos helps me with that, and it looks exactly like I imagined. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Just imagine yourself stranded in such a place. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I imagine this is what he was thinking. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Safe for me to come in?” he asked, looking toward Genie, who imagined him winking. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We clung to each other, shivering and shaking, imagining every sound in the woods was Miss Lilian hunting for us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I imagine you at home, finger twirling in your hair while reading one of your beloved books. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Indeed, Friend,” said I, and well can you imagine with what Fervor I shook his Hand. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He only hoped they would continue to work: He imagined Voldemort, a hundred yards above them as they spoke, looking for a way to penetrate what Harry visualized as a great transparent bubble. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Carlyle, Kafka, Virgil. It's hard to imagine better company, really.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z But how could I have ever imagined this? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was worse than Harry could ever have imagined, sitting there and listening. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There was no scorpion in it, only a beetle stunned by the cold, but he gritted his teeth against an imagined sting and felt venom bloom power in his blood. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Outside, she didn’t see any white men, the rough sort she imagined slave catchers to look like. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I swallow, imagining him opening a beat-up guitar in front of all these people. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never imagined that his car would be our car. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z She could only imagine how she must look. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She was uncharacteristically silent, and Sarai could imagine the tenor of her thoughts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I imagine him leaving me no note, no number, no word. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The warriors, he imagined, were gathering their gear, perhaps making ready to strike camp. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Laura had never imagined so many houses, and they were so close together. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was certainly better to imagine myself becoming famous than maturing into a stifled academic who had never risked a thought. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z They are put together to make cereal or snack food or chicken nuggets or TV dinners or just about anything else you can imagine and ingest. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I also started with the dog because it happened to me and I find it hard to imagine things which did not happen to me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I could not imagine what had come over me, or what might have happened if the kiss had landed on Ben’s mouth. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z They made it farther than minds and maps could measure, but not farther than hearts could imagine. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z If it blew, the cataclysm is pretty well beyond imagining. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It was so silent that Coraline imagined that she could hear the motes of dust drifting through the air. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Then I imagined the boy from the gas station skating up the way he had the other day, looking for her, and dread welled inside me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “We don’t have many neighbors in our new home—unless you count the njuzu. I imagine there are a lot of them around here. I’ll make you some tea, and we can talk.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The look upon Dumbledore’s face as he stared down at the unconscious form of Mad-Eye Moody was more terrible than Harry could have ever imagined. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z To put it somewhat differently, if she had been opposed, it is difficult to imagine Adams taking the action he did. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I imagined our things spread out on the lawn tomorrow. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z My knees hurt when I thought about the washboard, and my head felt dizzy when I imagined the sun burning down on him. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Bestemama, he sat most of the time quietly in a chair, saying very little and totally overwhelmed, I imagine, by the raucous rabble who were destroying his neat and polished home. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined those two young bonobos tossed out back. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z And similar to that person Jack had described, she also couldn’t imagine ignoring The Gold-Bug puzzle now that she’d found it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z With these fears upon me, I began either to imagine or recall that I had had mysterious warnings of this man’s approach. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z If she didn’t see the sickness in his face she could imagine it wasn’t really happening. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I imagine David turning the doorknobs, needing to know what’s on the other side. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z That space I’m imagining between us widens, ever so slightly. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It would be his last chance, he thought; tomorrow he would ride south, and he could not imagine why he would ever want to return to this frozen desolation. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z You imagine 1 tell you these things fust to hear myself speak? Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine? I’m naked and crouching down in the water, and this Rusty machine is destroying my camp!” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Francie liked to play a game in which she imagined that people looked like their pets and vice versa. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a looseness and a fluidity that defied physics—imagine a jellyfish if it could walk on land. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I imagine producing those melodious notes and pronouncing each letter properly—even with others listening—and the idea makes me happy. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Before I had time to consider whether or not I'd been imagining things, a crowd of kids rushed for the gym, carrying Tyson and me along with them. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t imagine who would have left it there.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z As I touch her scribbled handwriting, I imagine she's not really gone—that she's just out for a few days, visiting an old client that moved from court to the Gold Isles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Palmer further imagined that Beans lived by himself in a lean-to, or even better, a cave, a hole, down by the creek. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I cannot imagine making it, but I cannot imagine giving up. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As much as I’d talked, I found it hard to imagine myself actually picking up a pen to write such a letter. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That was three years ago, when I was seven, but the day I imagined is still vivid in my mind. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Scruggs was determined to throw the best celebration the veterans could imagine. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The man kind of resembles Dad, except he wears a smugly satisfied expression that I can’t imagine on Dad’s face. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Nailer tried to imagine what it would be like to stand on deck, hurtling across the waves, blasting through spray. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Katherine gave in to the wonder of the moment, imagining herself in the astronauts’ place. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He imagined hordes of monsters descending into this valley. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “The reflection of lightning, I imagine. Are you ready to go?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He did not know that such things were nothing to me, that I was raised with riches he could not even imagine. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I even imagine that this tree was once a person, some Decker who was cremated and had asked to have their ashes packed into a biodegradable urn with a tree seed to give it life. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Only by the most special pleading could I imagine the polynucleotide backbone bending enough to accommodate irregular base sequences. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He imagined that a curse had been put on his uncle, condemning him to live in this house forever. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “The way I see it, the earth has been around for a long, long time. Longer than we can imagine. And before the Purity War, no one had ever done this, right?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine the time of year makes all that much difference when South Texas is only known to have two seasons: Hot as Balls and Not Quite as Hot as Balls. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He whiled away the time imagining that she was a housewife talking to a boyfriend. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In her fantasies, she carried the others away with her, but they never reached a destination because she couldn’t imagine what place there could be in the world for the likes of them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z An eleven-year-old girl sitting on this fire escape could imagine that she was living in a tree. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could imagine anything besides the blood on my dad’s face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine fighting peasants in Vietnam,” one student said to him, “given everything I have learned about moral behavior over my lifetime.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “But there are many kinds of trees ... We must save our birds, too. Can anyone imagine anything so cheerless and dreary as a springtime without a robin’s song?” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine what it would be like if I were Ee Gee, the famous editor, in an office full of potted rubber plants and African violets my secretary had to water each morning. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I can imagine someone buying this script book and memorizing each of these potential responses. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was unhappy about it, imagining the girls and me trying to smile through blowing snow or frigid winds, Barack trying to appear invigorated instead of chilled. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I imagine he’s calling at her behest, in any case. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine what Heather might look like in ten years, after two children and seventy pounds. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I imagine that it is the future, and that all the people have disappeared, and I am the only human left in the whole world. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Instead, I'd just imagine myself living in a moated sugar-cube castle, floating from room to room on a king-size magic carpet. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Jogging through the dark and sleeping alleyways, skirting pools of streetlight, he imagined he was a toy lead soldier come to life, following Sergeant Beans and Private Mutto on a mission behind enemy lines. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z And when I imagine the convention I think of all the guests being like you, my friend. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Yule May lick her lips, look like she imagining it, telling what it’s like to work for Miss Hilly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And yet there again, the Neurocase paper I cite above on the prodigious memorizer of 7t describes how the subject’s “self-report indicates that imagining affective situations and high emotional content is critical for successful recall.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I imagine him as one of those men who stop somewhere around sixteen. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I set down my coffee, lean forward, and try to imagine her recording this. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I imagine him getting hit by cars, washed away by rogue waves, attacked by mountain lions. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Up, up, up the steep mountainside he went—that’s what he was imagining, anyway. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and imagined Mama and Papa were with us. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z And she wondered if she was mistaken, if she had perhaps imagined the bodies lying in the dust, so many bodies in the yard that recalling them made salt rush to her mouth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He could hardly imagine her being more dexterous if she’d had two hands instead of just the one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Flossie had six sheaths of various colors and the same number of tarleton underskirts and at least twenty chiffon sleeves of every color that a person could imagine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She imagined her family looking at her in amazement when they saw Paganini do tricks. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She couldn’t imagine being Hazel, dying at such a young age and coming back from the Underworld, knowing more about the dead than the living. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I dip my crab cakes in tartar sauce, and imagine Ashley yelling at me for doing so. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Then, casually, “Where have you spent the most time? Where you were born, I imagine?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine the creatures would submit to being enclosed,” Pol said. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I’m imagining us swimming through the night sky to the bright moon and hoping I remember the image in the morning so I can make it and give it to her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I imagined Nurse Evelyn and Dr. Eastman, opening the heavy package I might send, reading the letter inside. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He had never even imagined lying on anything so comfortable as that sofa or drinking anything so delicious as that sherbet. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I can just imagine the headline in the town newspaper: “Girl Loses Eyesight After Reading Recipe Competition Rules.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Ade burst out, and if I had not known that slightly shrill voice, it would have been hard for me to imagine the round, laughing Ade sounding that way, so angry. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine them getting excitable. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I imagine her hunched shoulders, her head in her hands, her brave face finally gone. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Still we hug their hard plastic close and imagine they're calling us Mama imagine they need us near. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Milo asked, trying very hard to imagine such a thing. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine that Sass would do such a thing, but the thought made me shiver. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She could always imagine Mother waiting for her there. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t live in the glittery America I had imagined. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I couldn’t quite imagine what that would feel like. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I can’t imagine how someone could get out, even one of the masters.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Being a woman this way is how I used to imagine it would be to be very old. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper tried to imagine Jason becoming a god when he died, standing on some beach guarding the gates to an ocean long after Piper and everyone else he knew in his mortal life were dead. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It blossoms, spreads, silently eating up the blackness until the entire frame is ablaze with a fire so real and intense, I imagine I feel the heat emanating from it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And maybe it’s the sorrow Scoob can imagine making the lines in her face look deeper. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Edusco liked him, he could tell; he imagined Edusco talking about him in a gathering of other self-made Igbo men, men who were brash and striving, who juggled huge businesses and supported vast extended families. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the perfect place he had imagined as a boy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Chin held high, Miss Ohio beamed at an imagined crowd. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She had always imagined the Night's Watch to be men like Uncle Benjen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For a moment, I imagine myself back at Jefferson Academy surrounded by Emily Grant and her friends. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I reluctantly move forward, trying to imagine how it could be of interest to me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Time could be a lot...bigger than she imagined. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z As much as I love my Pop Pop, I can’t imagine both of us walking all wobbly legged on that stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I imagine him tapping my koochy lips, murmuring down at me, Mine. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I pause, trying to imagine what it must be like to live in Max's world. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “They know we’re here tonight, to spit in their wine, and I imagine they hate us.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’ve ever seen a crab’s mouth, all foamy and gross with whiskers and snapping bits, you can imagine this one didn’t look any better blown up to billboard size. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z While Captain Black was imagining, Colonel Cathcart was acting, and Captain Black was flabbergasted by the speed with which, he concluded, Major Major had outsmarted him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I had truly not expected such a scene; at most, I had imagined that there would be several dozen people, mainly the warders and their families. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lana twisted up her coral lips and tried to imagine who had tipped off the police. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They couldn’t imagine what time looked like to him. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined Blanchepon—sweet, stormy Blanchepon—whispering support while they scurried to make sure that there was always a fine wine for the elf for dinner and healthy whole-grain toast for breakfast. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The whole time I talked to him I imagined water on the other side of the window, like we were in an aquarium. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I don't know how much he makes--he's never discussed that stuff with me--but I imagine quite a lot. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Or imagine if you were married to someone with a switch. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He ate his double chocolate delight and tried to imagine that he and his friends were just chilling on a vacation. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She never forgets a slight, real or imagined. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She didn’t know why, but she imagined it was some shadowy figure with red eyes and sharp teeth, a monstrous villain come out of her nightmares with metal hounds to hunt them down. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Still, I liked imagining that the chain of that broken compass was long enough to stretch all the way back into his pocket, with him at one end and me at the other. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Ugwu sat down and selected one and closed his eyes as he sucked it, imagining Olanna’s mouth enclosing the same bone. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "Personally I would imagine that to be the sole advantage of marrying a widower," said Amelia Robinson. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Emily tried to imagine that—year after year in one house, one neighborhood, one school, with memories that went back for generations. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I can imagine if it was my baby,” she said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z You can imagine what kind of person he must have been. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “I can’t even begin to imagine that,” said Gaines, who in his own life could only remember disappointing his father once, in seventh grade, when he had played a football game over in Kermit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine waiting in line all night for a chance to sleep in the Superdome, where the Saints play football and the cheerleaders jump and scream. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z He read contemporary American fiction, because he hoped to find a resonance, a shaping of his longings, a sense of the America that he had imagined himself a part of. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This was just about the grossest thing you could possibly imagine—to think of your sister as a finigonzon. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I knew only from stories. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They were nothing like the French people I had imagined. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There was a light breeze, which lifted a faint scent out of the flowers and rustled the stiff leaves, and Mary imagined a huge, dim benevolence holding her up, like a pair of giant hands. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She had let herself become fretful for no good reason, and was reminded of how she had foolishly imagined bandits might board the train on the day she arrived at Ashton Place. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Perhaps only those who endured the twentieth century’s death camps—Hitler's, Stalin’s, or Pol Pot’s—can imagine the nightmare of slavery as it existed in the nineteenth-century South. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I feel heat rising in my cheeks as I imagine Gram trapped in Morning Glory Cottage, forced to live behind her curtains. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine the god of messengers ever falling in love with this old woman, but the idea was too bizarre. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z No Locusts Stand I. She looked back at the looming, gabled, house-shaped Hole in the Universe and imagined living in the silver bowl that Baby Kochamma had installed on the roof. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes raced over the ceiling of the subway car, and I imagined the icy river water that was running way up above us. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “You don’t know how I’ve wanted to be with you. I keep imagining myself waking up at home some morning—alone.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I grin at Ayesha, letting my mind float back to David, imagining prom with him. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Genie set his pen down and snaked the spiraled wire out of the first few holes in his notebook, holding it up to his mouth trying to imagine what it felt like to be Ernie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She imagined it in vivid detail: a Paravan’s coarse black hand on her daughter’s breast. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine him in the small police station over in Mount Pitts getting his mug shot taken. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I looked at the dance floor, trying to imagine it covered with spongy mats. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He tried to imagine the feel of her braid, the soft skin by her mouth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The north pole is like the point at infinity that Kepler and Poncelet imagined. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He imagined that she would be hurt; his writing had become the best of her hobbies, and she came home every day with books and journals from the British Council Library. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He had a wide smile and was taller and thinner than I’d imagined he’d be—a man who was clearly not much of an eater, who also looked fully unaccustomed to wearing business clothes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When I imagined these phrases cast in her voice, they were almost intolerably sweet; now, sitting right beside her, it was unthinkable that I should voice them myself. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He wondered if the little man were being foolish, or imagining things. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z To have such a deep taproot in a single place, to be immersed in it so thoroughly that it had steeped into every fiber of your being: she couldn’t imagine it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I puzzled out names and words, dates and shapes, and imagined the lives of the men who lived there before me, just as I had done in my old ex-prison high school. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine? Then I can understand all that science about my mother!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I always imagined living here forever. I thought Jessie and Isa would leave for prom from here. We would take a photo of them right there.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Since she did not look the sort to join the Night's Watch, Tyrion could only imagine that she had decided mourning clothes were appropriate garb for a confession. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “But try imagining you’re hiding out with the Lost Boys, or...’ Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I imagined thousands of tourists getting drunk and stoned and pinballing around the narrow streets. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I cannot imagine, even in our most primitive times, the emergence of talented painters to make cave paintings without there having been, near at hand, equally creative people making song. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined broken legs strung up, arms in casts, lots of bandages. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It's hard to imagine a place that's hotter than our jail cell in summer when the fan cuts off and the smell of sweat and sewage clogs my nostrils worse than usual. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Even before lunch on our first day back, we had all begun to experience a hell we could not have imagined. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Or when he was a sophomore in high school and one of his friends came out as gay, and he couldn’t imagine ever doing anything like that. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z That space I’m imagining between us widens, ever so slightly. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z But the reality was so much bigger, darker, and more treacherous than I had imagined. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t go imagining how my friends would all want to dance with him, starting with Lucy Raleigh, but he’d say he’d only dance with me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z At the sight, I imagine all my plans coming apart. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The animals crowded around it, trying to imagine its purpose. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He imagined himself recounting his adventures to her, back at Wall, in front of a blazing parlor fire; but somehow all of his tales seemed a little flat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z They thought they were tracing Beefy’s magic; they never imagined it could be Seven’s because she was a Spare. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I tried to invent or imagine such a stout, snappy phrase. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Disoriented and uncommunicative, he was forced off the bus in Hurtsboro, Alabama, after unnerving some passengers by talking loudly to himself and gesturing wildly at objects he imagined were flying around him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I imagined him saying the same thing a hundred times a day to a hundred guys. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He would imagine romantic camping trips into the White Mountains in New Hampshire. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked up at the limousine’s sunroof, and I imagined the world before there were ceilings, which made me wonder: Does a cave have no ceiling, or is a cave all ceiling? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Since I don’t care, it’s amusing rather than upsetting to imagine the arguments going on back in 13. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I imagined the water sliding down my throat. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It’s like trying to imagine any falsehood: that the sun revolves around the earth; that humans can fly; that the world is nonviolent. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Charles imagined himself to be clever, handsome, and competent. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I thought she looked pretty but uncomfortable in her gown and long gloves, much how I imagined I might have looked in the same getup. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Clancy had told me that when I felt it coming on, I needed to break all physical contact and imagine a white curtain sweeping between me and whomever I was with. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It’s strange to imagine us not together anymore, Ashton said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “I can only imagine. And Rosa was even worse—we didn’t even bother trying.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Flying on the backs of a flock of paper birds is less comfortable than you might imagine. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z But not even he had imagined just how powerful the eruption would be. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Music was played on some inner ear, and Spender imagined the shape of such instruments to evoke such music. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine what kindergarten methods would be shocking enough to pull a whole family out of school forever, but there’s no way to access information about this event—George has no idea. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine isolating a gene for murder, or cowardice, or dishonesty. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Mig, as you can imagine, wasn’t much of a singer, more of a bellower, really But in her little song, there was, to the rightly tuned ear, a certain kind of music. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine what he’d have done, alone among strangers in his pod. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine myself as one of the best on our team, but did I have the willpower and patience to learn a whole new weapon? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She imagined herself weeping, and Feral holding her to comfort her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Impetus theory was used to handle some anomalies, not to bring about a revolution; indeed, medieval natural philosophers were incapable of imagining a revolution that would supplant Aristotle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is almost impossible to imagine doing without facts, and yet there was a time when facts did not exist. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Shusgis was in his fifties, therefore his “long ago of course,” and it certainly was difficult to imagine him as a young mother. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Then,” said Mr. Sharpe, turning from me, “you are a member of an even more bedraggled and inconsequential diaspora than I had imagined.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But then I imagined him being physically unable to Heimlich, and me having to reveal that it was all a ruse, and the ensuing mutual humiliation. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Kugler came upstairs this afternoon with the news that starting Monday, Mrs. Broks would like to spend two hours in the office every afternoon, just imagine! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I will explain this poster a little later in this letter because I imagine you are interested in knowing how this bold, dedicated lecture came about. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined trying to eat a sandwich like that in the bathroom, everything ending up on the gross floor except a single slice of mayonnaise-y bread I still managed to hold in my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She can imagine some future for her grandchildren. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Now imagine that the book, turned sideways, is crushed once again by the giant hand. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I imagine holding a giant sign that says don’t be like that. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mostly, I imagine I’ll crouch there at the door, fall onto him, and cry hard into the stench of his fur. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z For months he had planned this trip and imagined about each moment they would have together. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Mission Tiles is the furthest thing from Señor Santos’s small tile makings that I can imagine. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z She glared at Annabeth as if imagining her sliced into small pieces. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He could hardly imagine the pleasure that would fill his days when the building was finished and flesh-and-blood women moved among its features. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I’ve often imagined how nice it would be if someone were to confide everything to me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The dress is what I imagine a career woman wearing when she goes out for drinks after work. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I imagine it like an iron fence shutting behind him and scaring his horse. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I can imagine it as something he would want to put onstage at Truman. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “I can just imagine why ye were running.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I imagine her version combined with the Chancellor’s sickly face and slithery words as bits of Earth flew into space. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “That’s exactly how I imagined Capricorn’s mother—that nose, the eyes set close together, even the way she folds her arms and her chin juts forward.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Their flanks were so massive that it would not be hard to imagine them pulling Malaga Island right up to the mainland, if they could only find the right place to tie on to. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z And imagine the party if it passed safely. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Then I imagined the plump body, roasting in our barrel, like a chicken. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z If our house had been shaking, protected as it was in the middle of the village, imagine the Captain’s, hanging there alone so near the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z August disappeared into the house, and Rosaleen headed for her cot in the honey house, but I stayed on and stared at the sky, imagining Ranger 7 blasting away for it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He does not see himself touching her but the picture he does imagine is himself walking away from her a second time, climbing into his carriage and leaving her a second time. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine him resting, because I can’t bear to imagine him at any other time, just as I can’t imagine anything below his collar, above his cuffs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine how Susie felt being trapped in one place, alone. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and imagine the words I want to say. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Her eyelids don’t flicker but there’s a faint twitching of her fingers, or do I imagine it? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He thought that there was so much they did not know: Lupin had been right about magic they had never encountered or imagined. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Back then, I had only been able to imagine the White City’s splendor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Panting for breath, she staggered through the door, and slammed it behind her with the loudest, most satisfying bang you can imagine. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The ability to create an imagined reality out of words enabled large numbers of strangers to cooperate effectively. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t imagine what the thousands of pages contained. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z We agreed not to run any water or flush the toilet; but since everyone’s stomach was churning from all the tension, you can imagine the stench after we’d each had a turn in the bathroom. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I imagined the carpet hanging, like the sail of a ship, from two wooden masts, and my grandma slowly making each knot. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She imagined what she must’ve looked like sitting there, hands in the dirt like a child. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I'd always felt bad for her, because she was on the heavier side, and I imagined that wasn't an easy way to go through high school. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I stand up, balancing on the edge of the roof, and peer at the courtyard seven stories down, just for a moment imagining the weightlessness, the absolute abandon of the fall. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I keep imagining I see my little sister on board, even though I know she’s not. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z So whenever I thought about the record, which was often, I imagined a fine porcelain plate. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Nina tried to imagine what their wild crew must look like to these Fjerdans. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I squeezed my eyes closed to stop myself from imagining it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Well, if you can imagine, the line to see Fumulani on Independence Day began forming early, right around the time my father stepped up to the bar at General Grocery. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He could not imagine how he looked at that moment, but suddenly Theon Greyjoy realized that the Great Hall was ringing with laughter, all of it at him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Percy imagined that sleeping woman’s face—the face of Gaea—forming in the hills above camp. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z My head spirals into visions of a post-apocalyptic reality that I never imagined could arrive quicker than the expiration date on our milk. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He imagined attending a trial and hearing the verdict: guilty. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I had the capacity to imagine such language, but neither Call nor I had ever really heard it spoken. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew stood with his arms crossed, eyes squinted in concentration like he was really imagining himself in this scenario. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I imagined what José Martí must have done when faced with such a challenge. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes I imagined stitching all of our little touches together. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z You should always try to imagine what they must be feeling. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t care that people think about his body and write about his sex life, real or imagined. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Either way, it was the greatest gift she could imagine. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes, in my fantasies, I imagine there was someone who thought like this: We eat berries and roots. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined a greedy surgeon with sharp teeth and long, skeletal fingers urging Marley to have the amputation. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I try to imagine Mama’s reaction and have to close my lips over a little giggle. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z That night she lay awake very late, wondering about what she had seen, until she finally concluded that she had imagined it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “But if we leave them here a snake will get them,” I said, imagining a serpent swallowing each egg whole. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I lie on my bed imagining an ocean breeze on my face as I travel the world on a ship. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z For a moment she imagined that Pilate, who had brought her son to life in the first place, was now bound to see him dead. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine the soft gray glow of the studio. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z But there was something about imagining him cleaning his room in anticipation of my possible visit that made me adore him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “You have to imagine that, Colin, that one day they will all look back on their lives and wish they'd been you. You'll have what everyone else wants in the end.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Plus she had laid out every kind of condiment you could imagine—onions, relish, shredded cheese, bacon bits—which was weird because Bobby Gene and I were ketchup and mustard all the way. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He imagined a cool sea breeze ruffling his hair. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z We might even imagine a kind of Martian Johnny Appleseed, robot or human, roaming the frozen polar wastes in an endeavor that benefits only the generations of humans to come. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She imagined him attending events like this, in halls like this, with his wife by his side. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She might be imagining too much; he might just want a massage. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He seems to be counting off items on his fingers, but I can’t imagine what. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I just never imagined what she’d want would be a future without us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I had woken in the middle of the night and imagined I saw the German standing above me in the dark. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Mrs. Finley wanted us to behave like the young scholars she imagined us to be. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I found myself able to imagine Margo here, leaning against the wall with musty rolled-up carpet for a seat, eating a nutrition bar. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z You had to imagine none of the trees sprouting up in the center, but they were there. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Miles wrinkled his nose when he said it, which didn’t surprise me—I imagined that Miles was sort of like an overgrown house cat. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z This was not the life she had imagined. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I had not tried to imagine the end of slavery: surely the call of justice had been heard by all, and the issue had been resolved. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Ugwu was vaguely frightened the first time he saw him because he had always imagined that only evil spirits had grass-colored eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z You can imagine what my mother did when we got inside. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Actually I couldn’t even imagine wasting one bite of such a mouthwatering delicacy. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Or I should say, the one and only City Lights. I imagine there are many bookstores in San Francisco. But City Lights is at the top of my list for Jack Kerouac and Beats-related spots.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z One can only imagine the speeds the drivers could have reached on the original Canopic Way, which was at least twice as wide as the existing thoroughfare. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Even so, he scored a ten and it's not hard to imagine he impressed the Gamemakers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Still, Frank liked being next to her, imagining he was her bodyguard. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going through, who accepts that people do evil things and that desperation leads them to darker places than they ever imagined. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I imagine eating rice and meat and fruit and cakes and pies. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I let myself imagine the way Lacey’s SUV would smell after just one day of roasting in the sun, and I’ll admit that a kind of serenity washed over me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z If Hollister were here, she imagined he would tell her to try knocking and see what happened. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She didn’t reckon on her own weakness, however, nor could she ever have imagined the swiftness of Old Tallow’s justice. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I stand on the old living room carpet, imagining I’m onstage. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The things he did seemed right, as he imagined with his heart the rituals the cloud priests performed during a drought. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z So far in the ancient lands, she’d only seen one place on her wish list: Diocletian’s Palace in Split, and even that visit had hardly gone the way she’d imagined. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I knew my kids were growing up with more advantages and more abundance than most families could ever begin to imagine having. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Most people won’t even notice it, but I imagine the ones who will. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Why she would let me go down into that awful drain when she had an extra pencil, I can’t imagine. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z One moment she floated on clouds of fancy, imagining her grand life once the British beat the rebels. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not too many come out here anymore. I imagine collectors make their own rules now.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I imagined us looking each other in the eyes when the nose of the plane was one millimeter from the building. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He imagined that other people had a place in the center of themselves—right in the center of themselves—where the answer to that question resided. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He had never imagined that he would one day be praying that people buy hot dogs from him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I pause at the landing and look out the window because in the seconds that have passed I'm sure I must be imagining this. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and imagined a giant donut with sprinkles on top of it and cream inside of it. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z I imagine Dad’s face if he were to see me right now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She bought seven postcards with different pictures—the Brooklyn Bridge, Washington Square, the fish market—imagining which one she might send to Jackson. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z This, as you can imagine, makes me considerably uneasy. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I imagined Charles inviting me to his house, to play a game or watch a movie, and felt a rush of pleasure. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I didn’t say let’s have kids right now, you know. I’m just imagining. Just trying to picture what the future might be like, is all.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Each tree and stone brought with it a story, and little Sierra could dance for hours, imagining the adventures those silent field dwellers may have seen. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She’d say, “And that horrid little photographer didn’t care, do you imagine it ever occurred to him to wash it?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z It’s easy to imagine it from our side of history. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I can hear myself crying quietly in my bunk as I imagined my father rescuing me from that place. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He couldn't imagine her living anywhere but here. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z And I like imagining that I am there sometimes, in a spherical metal submersible with windows that are 30 cm thick to stop them from imploding under the pressure. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But today my family would never imagine I’d be in the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t have imagined that I, a kid whose closest contact with boating was the Staten Island Ferry when I visited my aunt once a year, would end up lost at sea. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In this uncomfortable position, he imagined returning to the house and finding it consumed by a violent column of orange flames, reaching skywards like a snapping, hissing monster. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I thought of the flowers plumping out my pockets and was glad they couldn’t speak, but I didn’t imagine they would sell me down the river even if they could. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He mourned the fact that he could not be a permanent soldier because of his wooden leg, but he could not imagine any career for his sons except the army. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a very comforting feeling thus to remove myself from the world I imagined was laughing at me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine how they would feel against my fingertips. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z For a few moments Cal twisted the steering wheel and tried to imagine he was racing down the road. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Alex rolls his eyes, suddenly imagining twirling around a ballroom while Henry drones sweet nothings about croquet and fox hunting in his ear. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Did she just imagine the child had relaxed a little against the pillow, or was it a trick of the candlelight? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The last room she looked at had, she supposed, once been a bedroom; she could imagine that the rectangular dust shadow on the floorboards had once been a bed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z As much as Constantine loved me, I can only imagine how much she must’ve loved her own child. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I imagined it was dozing in the curtain of her hair. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z She couldn’t see the brass button, but she could imagine his finger hovering over it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z One might imagine that the legal rules described thus far would provide more than enough latitude for the police to engage in an all-out, no-holds-barred war on drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He could not imagine that she would have. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He had imagined her a fool like all the rest of them, her head stuffed with lies and hatred, her belly full of ice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Xavier Adams could not have imagined his Saturday was going to turn in this direction. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I imagined her voice dancing on the air and drifting out of the opened windows to help anyone who needed to hear her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There was a flicker of something in his eye when he looked at her, but it was gone so quickly, Dimple wondered if she’d imagined it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I imagine him inhaling Brooke, inhaling girl after girl, like Guillermo said, like he’s done to me, so now he can exhale and blow me to smithereens. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z ‘I cannot imagine what information could be more terrifying than your hints and warnings,’ exclaimed Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I imagined that human remains didn’t look much different than animal parts after a week in the waste pit or the Stockyards’ communal sewer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I drop the unwrapped Butterfinger into it, unable to imagine my stomach holding down anything solid, and walk away. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine that I was in a bubble that could protect me from this new place and this girl. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I always had a terribly hard time trying to imagine people in bed together. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z So let us imagine that a bear does go for us out in the wilds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Held secure by the straps, I throw my arms out to the side and imagine that I am flying. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Frypan’s task was to take all the nonperishable food out of the kitchen and store it in the Homestead, in case they got trapped there—Thomas could only imagine how horrible that’d be. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z And he was carrying what I imagine done might call a “valise.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter what I promised her, I can’t imagine being here without her. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I imagined, then, that I knew him completely. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t imagine cops are into fluffy stuff like art.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “The Americans have so much butter and sugar they can give away! Ah! It is hard to imagine.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Why's it so much harder than usual to imagine life without T? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Spacetime is usually explained by asking you to imagine something flat but pliant–a mattress, say, or a sheet of stretched rubber–on which is resting a heavy round object, such as an iron ball. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Riemann imagined a translucent ball sitting atop the complex plane, with the south pole of the ball touching zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I've mourned the loss of the mother I imagined could exist. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Perhaps his weariness was making him imagine things. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z When my name is called, I glide across the stage, imagining I’m a bird or a deer as Dona Amelia suggested in our lessons. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If he hadn’t liked it when one new person—me—had invaded his world, I could only imagine what this was doing to his nerves. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He imagined a future for her as a wife and mother, defined by her sex and limited to her proper place—in the “domestic sphere.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z For the sake of argument, imagine for the moment that there’s a 50–50 chance that God exists. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z That surprised me, I guess, because I couldn’t really imagine Calista hating anything. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Minnie looked tired but otherwise appeared as I had imagined—patient and strong—based on Walter's descriptions and my own guesses from our phone conversations. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The whole process took a lot longer than I imagined it would, and the smell of chemicals irritated my eyes and nose. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z It was beyond what she would have imagined even before she was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Alter,” he mumbled, so softly that I almost thought I imagined it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z At these times, he imagined reaching up and touching the Spirit Bear. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I imagine she comes to my room every night to borrow my warmth—but I think that happened only once. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In time, perhaps, she’d be able to make the jump over to the Plain Dealer, Cleveland’s “real” newspaper—though of course she’d never want to leave Shaker, could not imagine raising a family anywhere else. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Bruno was not the first to imagine an infinite universe with extraterrestrial life. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine how anybody could ever become an expert in jellies. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z All in all, finals come and go with much less fanfare than Alex imagined. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z For instance, imagine swinging a ball on a string around your head. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I think it’s because Papa really had to imagine Amil being gone forever, and he saw how terrible that would be. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If his paintings were any indication, then there was more to him than I imagined. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “They weren’t from you? I mean, I know some of them were, but some—” “Were from Megan? Yes, I imagine so.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Never being in Kansas before, I wouldn’t know for sure, but I imagined they said things like y’all and up the road a piece and weather’s coming on. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He imagined typing the words and watching them appear on the paper, letter by letter. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Would Engel be happier as a spy, glamorous and deadly: I just can’t imagine her in any role other than Beastly Punctilious Official. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z All my years of imagining the life of a secret agent for myself finally paid off. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z His dæmon, Lyra thought, would have the form of a tigress, and she shrank back from the anger she imagined the great animal to show. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “And my grandfather found out. In the most melodramatic way you can possibly imagine.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Or maybe it was what my mother had just said, which made me imagine that Dad had given her “the talk.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He doubted anyone had ever even imagined that a single formula could predict the rise and fall of romances universally. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I was old enough to imagine it, and also old enough to fear it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank tried to imagine Grandmother’s face if he showed up with two heavily armed friends and a harpy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z These moments could be demoralizing, even if I’m sure I was just imagining some of it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine who sat in my head making this stuff up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a farmer’s son, and Anya liked to imagine that if Ilya could go from being a peasant to a knight, maybe she could too. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I can almost imagine a happiness without her, the ability to let her go, to feel our roots are connected even if I never see that leaf of grass again. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I imagine him sitting at home watching the History channel or reading a massive biography in front of a crackling fireplace. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z We all burst with laughter, imagining the late-night newspapers circulating all over the kingdom with pictures of Edel's little girl, the word shaved into her hair beside a picture of cow feces. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I had imagined Buddy would fall in love with me that weekend and that I wouldn't have to worry about what I was doing on any more Saturday nights the rest of the year. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Maybe if you were less focused on calling him Caveman Callum and imagining him grunting, you’d hear the more important stuff. I’m talking about Midsummer Night being on the twenty-seventh.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “When we were sorted as Spares, I imagine, knowing how your dad feels about them now, that Mr. Pepperhorn was vexed. But you looked happy about it...” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z But next second, Harry was sure he had imagined it, for when Dumbledore had returned to his seat behind the desk, he looked as old and weary as Harry had ever seen him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His amazement can be imagined when there appeared before him the wondrous forms of the three great goddesses. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Modern drawings of ancient cities tend to show them at an imagined apogee, the great monuments all splendidly arrayed together, perfect as architectural models. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The worst part is that I could imagine Quinton doing what Lara said if he felt like it was the right thing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I imagine him alive, in a field somewhere. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He’s in a talkative mood, focusing on what I imagine is his favorite theme: the injustices perpetrated against him by everyone else, all the time. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z How easy it was to imagine the worst when one was nervous! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Mr. Malfoy then saw an extraordinary apparition. Can you imagine what it might have been, Potter?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It’s not because we have an array of relatives we can’t imagine not having present on our big day. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I wanted to let them keep talking, because I figured everything they said would help me imagine Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Nonsense! a man does not imagine any such thing. But what is the meaning of this? Harriet Smith refuse Robert Martin? madness, if it is so; but I hope you are mistaken.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z This industry doesn’t look much like farming the way most people imagine it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I imagine these things and I'm terrified, but let’s face it: They’ve been lurking in the back of my brain, anyway. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She was tired and hungry and imagined the children were as well. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z But most of these children would never even imagine the adventure that words could mean. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I know I’m a little old for imaginary friends, but I imagine that she ate lunch in here too. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It was upsetting, imagining them awakening to find me gone. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I imagine that when I open my eyes again all the letters are black, the color of the type they are printed in, and nothing more. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Pretty! say beautiful rather. Can you imagine any thing nearer perfect beauty than Emma altogether—face and figure?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Their empire stretched farther than even Alexander could have imagined. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I sigh inwardly as I imagine walking into the dining hall, trailed by these three. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Whenever I race at Langston, I imagine that I’m running across water. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z |
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