mental image

Example Sentences

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She laughed at the mental image, then made me vow not to crawl into crannies when she wasn’t around.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Feel free to retain the mental image of his epic smash-and-grab catch over teammate Kiké Hernández.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

It also makes it possible to build a mental image of oneself and use that image to guide decisions and plans.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

Even the mental image of that bridesmaid dress chart is wild.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025

Each time the artist adds another line, a new leap of the imagination is needed to incorporate that line into the ever-growing mental image.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson