imagination

Example Sentences

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In a set of playful experiments modeled after children's tea parties, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have shown for the first time that apes can use imagination and take part in pretend play.

From Science Daily

When he told Mother Finnegan about it, she said his imagination was too active.

From Literature

“Writing music is using your imagination. It’s not using references. It makes no sense to me,” says Desplat, who believes most scores today sound like work that has come before.

From Los Angeles Times

This captured the imagination of the public, and there was a last-minute wave of support for them.

From BBC

Museum director Nicholas Cullinan said: "The success of the campaign shows the power of history to spark the imagination and why objects like the Tudor Heart should be in a museum."

From BBC