How to Use envision in a Sentence

envision

verb
  • She envisioned a better life for herself.
  • The inventor envisioned many uses for his creation.
  • The couple envisioned building a house in the back and renting out the front.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • So, milet, your voice was being envisioned for the song from the very start.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 4 June 2023
  • The duo envisioned building a treehouse between an oak and a strangler fig tree in the front yard.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
  • This is one of the functions of art, after all: to help us envision what would normally be lost to us.
    Malcolm Gladwell, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The 33-year-old had envisioned this day for months, so nerves hindered her from breaking the record on her first few attempts.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
  • These modest benchmarks are not at all what Scherzer or the Mets envisioned in this, the season of the $350 million payroll.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023
  • One of the two parcels is vacant and is envisioned for safe parking so that people can stay overnight in their vehicles.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Gray, a top pitching prospect at the time, envisioned a long career in Los Angeles.
    Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
  • While Austin envisions a blossoming future for the park, the site's history runs vast and deep.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2024
  • What team will be more passive than envisioned? The Los Angeles Dodgers.
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 23 July 2023
  • Clearly, the project did not work out as Champion had envisioned.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The ensemble was paired with a pair of white Valentino Eyewear shades envisioned alongside the Akino Group.
    Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
  • The White House’s own budget actually envisioned top-line cuts on a deeper scale than the final deal.
    Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 2 June 2023
  • As for the wedding, the couple is taking a relaxed approach — and Melissa envisions a much more low-key affair this time around.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Until now, they were envisioned as primates because of their teeth, which share features with the teeth of living primates.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
  • His response has been to double down on his opposition to a two-state solution of the sort envisioned by the 1993 Oslo Accords.
    Dov Lieber, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Can Parker put together the sort of season New England envisioned when he was added prior to last year?
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
  • The study envisions that instead of the lifetime a human would consume with a trial-and-error method, AI robots could solve the puzzle within six weeks.
    Michael Lee, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Stevens envisioned helping turn the struggling franchise around after a two-year playoff drought.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • Saville envisioned the Uke Fest years ago as a festival with performances from big names in the ukulele scene, workshops, vendors and more.
    Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • If the next few years unfold the way Pujols envisions, the surefire Hall-of-Famer will return to spring training someday with a new title: manager.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Star Trek envisions a future in which alien encounters teach us valuable moral lessons.
    Adam Morganstern, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2023
  • As envisioned by Power San Diego’s backers, the price tag would be paid through a municipal revenue bond.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
  • And those people probably envision Moss in her uniform: a slinky (or on occasion see-through!) slip dress.
    Sarah Ball, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Amtrak has a long-term plan that envisions adding higher-speed corridors throughout the country by 2035.
    Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Origins of the marathon Centuries after Messier started his work, in the mid-1970s, a few amateur astronomers began to envision a challenge based on his records.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Work Backwards Start by identifying your biggest goal and envisioning what the end result will look like for you.
    Britney Porter, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • For Pesci, Huston had envisioned the character of the boxer’s father.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2023

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