mental picture
Example Sentences
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Almost everyone with a stock or bond portfolio has a different mental picture of what they want to accomplish with their investments, if not how to get there.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025
Patriot’s players embraced their coaches, and they captured a mental picture of the scoreboard: a 47-39 edge in their favor, the final exorcism of last year’s loss.
From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023
“I just got this mental picture of an arcade cabinet with a giant rubber trombone attached,” he said.
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022
You might imagine that when you perceive something like a checkerboard, your brain passively takes a mental picture of the grid.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
Running a hand through her wet hair creates a grim mental picture: emerging from the shelter to find reporters in the neighborhood, trying to interview her while she looks like a bedraggled cat.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
