fixed idea
Example Sentences
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Getting a new view on someone I had such a fixed idea of who or want he was, and this is a way of understanding that.
From Salon • Jul. 6, 2023
“There was a fixed idea that politics is for adults, according to a long-established Confucian culture,” said Noh Woong-rae, 64, a member of the National Assembly.
From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2022
I was interested in having an audience that has a fixed idea of these women’s racial identity.
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2021
"Picasso had sketches he didn't sell and weren't as popular as other things. Every artist has an audience for different things they do, so there's no fixed idea of what success is."
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2018
R. M. Renfield, ætat 59.—Sanguine temperament; great physical strength; morbidly excitable; periods of gloom, ending in some fixed idea which I cannot make out.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
