mind's eye

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"Before their death, the heroic martyrs must have pictured in their mind's eye their dear families living in the ever-prospering country," he added.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

It's an image in the mind's eye that's hard to shift.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Inside my mind’s eye, images are flashing by like scrapbook pages of events in our lives, highs and lows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

In my mind’s eye, I envisioned a financially and emotionally secure, 60-something professional with interests in the arts, fitness and travel.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

The dream was still fresh and vivid in his mind’s eye, but he could not explain to himself why it had scared him so.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman