brought to mind
Example Sentences
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Further, the juxtaposition of the idealized Norman Rockwellesque holiday feast brought to mind by the image’s Christmas decor and the reality of the restaurant’s affordable but less heartfelt meal introduces a melancholy air.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
U.S. captain Zach Johnson also had a plan for the five sessions, only this beating was so thorough it brought to mind what heavyweight Mike Tyson once said of Evander Holyfield.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023
Rosen, 77, said winning brought to mind "the many people all over the world incarcerated, tortured or executed for being brave enough to write about what they perceive to be injustice".
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023
She brought to mind Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and a "cultivated circle" of Americans and Brits who had lived in Florence in the Victorian Era.
From Salon • May 28, 2023
I fanned fast so as not to read the words, but they had already brought to mind Great-Granmaw Tweedy, how at her first funeral she sat up in her coffin at the graveyard and screamed.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
