mind's eye
Example Sentences
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It’s startling, and gratifying, to see one’s mind’s-eye images from the novel up there on the big screen courtesy of director Denis Villeneuve.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2021
I’d been a beer leaguer for twenty-five years and could still contribute here and there, and even, with crafty editing, create a mind’s-eye reel of my highlights to play as I drifted off to sleep.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019
Black-and-white flashbacks and mind’s-eye dance sequences ineffectively pad the film’s brief running time.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2019
His paper and cardboard eventually evolved to carving small wooden playing pieces and figures as his mind’s-eye creation took form.
From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2017
Young Mr. Ten Eyck's sarcasm was inspired by a mind's-eye picture of Miss Martha Gamble.
From Her Weight in Gold by McCutcheon, George Barr