picturing
Example Sentences
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My mind turns over this concept, picturing a caller doing what Theo did, sitting by the telephone, picking up and replacing a receiver over and over again, all through the night.
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He closed his eyes, trying to stop himself from picturing what had happened here.
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“We’re going to Cunningham’s stream,” I told her, feeling a jump in my throat, picturing Cunningham’s face, red and mottled from too much mutton.
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My aunt doesn’t need to know I was picturing a smelly dump by a highway exit.
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For an instant I felt a pang, picturing myself in Tokyo or Timbuktu, craving one of my aunts peach pies.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.