mind's eye

Example Sentences

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The immersive art show champions the mind’s eye, in all its random, fragmented glory.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

"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

In the mind's eye you could imagine him stretched out on a couch with the sound of gently lapping water playing in his ears.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

And now, in my mind’s eye, I can see the check Francis wrote for our beautiful property here in the Napa Valley. $1,000,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

In my mind’s eye I saw reduced to soot all those wonderful books, which had revealed to me other ways of living, which had sustained me in a world of degradation.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane