preconceived idea
Example Sentences
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He refuses to force a song he’s writing to change just because it doesn’t fit someone’s preconceived idea of what “a Nation of Language song” should sound like.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023
"I had a really specific preconceived idea of her," she admitted during our conversation.
From Salon • May 10, 2023
“I want to be known by that and not by some preconceived idea of what I’m supposed to do.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2023
"One of the problems we have, of course, is that there's a preconceived idea of what romantic fiction actually is," she says.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2023
Numerous invitations to lunch and tea were received, and Sylvia, who had formed a preconceived idea of Oxford based upon Philip, was astonished how little the undergraduates she met resembled him.
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton
