project onto
phrasal verb
projected onto; projecting onto; projects onto
: to believe or imagine that (one's ideas, feelings, etc.) are shared by (another person)
She projected her fears onto him.
Examples of project onto in a Sentence
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The fun decorative touch is the colorful lights projecting onto the top floors of the building.
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Martie Bowser, Essence, 16 May 2024
Another scene revealed her outdoor movie setup in which Drew Barrymore in Blended is projected onto the screen.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
To a roaring crowd, Tupac, artificially generated using CGI and projected onto the stage, rose up from out of the ground like a ghost.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 May 2024
At the exact point in the scene where the film’s title appears on screen over the action, there it is projected onto the stage background.
—David Benedict, Variety, 8 May 2024
Outside, projected onto the facade, was a kaleidoscopic video that overlaid cartoonish eyes, lightning bolts and sacred geometry.
—Renée Reizman, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
Each light, which features a leafy pattern that projects onto the ground below, takes about six hours to fully charge and stays illuminated for up to 10 hours.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2024
The war, in which Scholz had seen action on two fronts, had shattered the sentimental Romanticism projected onto traditional German rural life.
—Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
What shape would a round sun project onto the ground?
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024
Martie Bowser, Essence, 16 May 2024
Another scene revealed her outdoor movie setup in which Drew Barrymore in Blended is projected onto the screen.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
To a roaring crowd, Tupac, artificially generated using CGI and projected onto the stage, rose up from out of the ground like a ghost.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 May 2024
At the exact point in the scene where the film’s title appears on screen over the action, there it is projected onto the stage background.
—David Benedict, Variety, 8 May 2024
Outside, projected onto the facade, was a kaleidoscopic video that overlaid cartoonish eyes, lightning bolts and sacred geometry.
—Renée Reizman, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
Each light, which features a leafy pattern that projects onto the ground below, takes about six hours to fully charge and stays illuminated for up to 10 hours.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2024
The war, in which Scholz had seen action on two fronts, had shattered the sentimental Romanticism projected onto traditional German rural life.
—Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
What shape would a round sun project onto the ground?
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Project onto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/project%20onto. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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