put in mind of
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At one point he passes by “Cloudcuckoo-city,” high above the earth, and remarks: “I was put in mind of Aristophanes, a wise and truthful poet whose works are quite unreasonably distrusted.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Never did I think that I would visit an exhibition of this deep-thinking artist and be put in mind of Alex Israel, the lightweight painter of Hollywood sunsets who also shows at this supergallery.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2017
In Franklin Square the day after Watkins’s death, the homeless people who spend time there regularly were saddened by his loss, and some were put in mind of their own fears.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2017
But when I arrived at the library I was put in mind of more recent mythology: the architecture recalled the observation deck of the U.S.S.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 11, 2016
South into Lakedaimon into the land where greens are wide for dancing Athena went, to put in mind of home her great-hearted hero’s honored son, rousing him to return.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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