IMAGINARY in a Sentence
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40 example sentences for IMAGINARY, such as:
1. My little daughter has an imaginary friend.
2. He formulated the concept of imaginary time.
3. Real ethnic crimes have begun to replace imaginary ones.
4. Some troubles are imaginary, but the suffering they cause is real.
5. I write fantasy in imaginary worlds, but my settings are historically based.
2. He formulated the concept of imaginary time.
3. Real ethnic crimes have begun to replace imaginary ones.
4. Some troubles are imaginary, but the suffering they cause is real.
5. I write fantasy in imaginary worlds, but my settings are historically based.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of IMAGINARY
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imaginary
a. not based on fact; unreal
n. (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
Classic Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1 Long, quiet days she spent, not lonely nor idle, for her little world was peopled with imaginary friends, and she was by nature a busy bee.
2 As one of these packets contained characteristic notes from the party, we will rob an imaginary mail, and read them.
3 And when Meg told him to behave himself and go away, he wrung imaginary tears out of his handkerchief, and staggered round the corner as if in utter despair.
4 An hour or two sufficed to sketch my own portrait in crayons; and in less than a fortnight I had completed an ivory miniature of an imaginary Blanche Ingram.
5 His regard for her was quite imaginary; and the possibility of her deserving her mother's reproach prevented his feeling any regret.
6 Mr. Collins, to be sure, was neither sensible nor agreeable; his society was irksome, and his attachment to her must be imaginary.
7 But, though this might be imaginary, she could not be deceived as to his behaviour to Miss Darcy, who had been set up as a rival to Jane.
8 If these feelings had not found an imaginary gratification, the appearance of the city had yet in itself sufficient beauty to obtain our admiration.
9 Her one baby-voice served a multitude of imaginary personages, old and young, to talk withal.
10 As Marianne's affection for her mother was sincere, it must triumph with little difficulty, over the imaginary evils she had started.
11 Then Jip laid hold of a bit of geranium with his teeth, and worried imaginary cats in it.
12 Thinking that my aunt might have relapsed into one of her old alarms, and might be watching the progress of some imaginary conflagration in the distance, I went to speak to her.
13 As he went on talking, his eyes glittered more and more angrily; he was more and more hurried in his replies to imaginary opponents, and his face grew more and more excited and worried.
14 "Yes, papa," answered Seryozha, acting the part of the imaginary boy.
15 To be honest, between old friends, I think your troubles are mostly imaginary.
Example Sentence:
1 Although the main characters in the novel are so true to life, they are imaginary.
2 Some troubles are imaginary, but the suffering they cause is real.
3 One of the most common symptoms of schizophrenia is hearing imaginary voices.
4 He formulated the concept of imaginary time.
5 Assuring the patient that she has a real and not imaginary problem is the first step.
6 Real ethnic crimes have begun to replace imaginary ones.
7 My little daughter has an imaginary friend.
8 Any of the imaginary lines representing degrees of latitude that encircle the earth parallel to the plane of the equator.
9 This combined novel and treatise traces the history of an imaginary French fortress from the 4th Century B.C. through the Napoleonic Wars.
10 I write fantasy in imaginary worlds, but my settings are historically based.
11 Fed up with this imperfect universe, Don would have liked to run off to Shangri-la or some other imaginary utopia.