How to Use mind's eye in a Sentence

mind's eye

noun
  • Give us a little bit of a mind's eye into how this works.
    Fox News, 26 Mar. 2018
  • In my mind's eye, there are metal racks at every gas station, over near the door, stocked with maps.
    Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2017
  • So my Bond is the product of that description as filtered through my mind's eye.
    Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Trump, in his mind's eye, is also a tough guy -- a big, imposing figure who isn't just some schmuck in a suit.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 22 Mar. 2018
  • In my mind's eye, a firefighter is a hero who would climb a ladder and pluck Morris from a towering oak tree.
    Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Picture a calm and peaceful spot in your mind's eye and fill it with specific objects, colors and sounds.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Mar. 2022
  • For the roughly 14 million Americans who are colorblind, this vivid scenery is left to their mind's eye.
    Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2017
  • My mind's eye frames fireworks fallout from last weekend's holiday hoopla.
    Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 10 July 2021
  • In my mind's eye, and in my father's absence, Sidney epitomized what a man should be: unflappable and courageous, eloquent and proud, charming and handsome.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Canadian train travel in the late nineteenth century was nothing like what might come to the mind's eye when envisioning a modern day railroad journey.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2021
  • The image of an earlier Charlottesville rally has been etched into our mind's eye, and counter-protestor Heather Heyer's death will not be forgotten.
    Mary Wang, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2017
  • Cincinnati native Gregory Kornbluh has been all over the country looking at books, perfecting his dream bookstore in his mind's eye.
    Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Its best passages appeal to the mind's eye alone, and its fanciful tone (which gives it the air of a classic fairy tale despite L'Engle's focus on modern science) is too delicate for DuVernay's probing sensibility.
    Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 8 Mar. 2018
  • In our mind's eye, this wagon's long-roof shape is the ultimate symbol of inconspicuous automotive consumption.
    Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Ammunition counts and targeting reticles are stamped into your virtual mind's eye, and peripheral vision is replaced by red semicircles and dinky little grenade icons pointing to incoming threats.
    Erik Sofge, Popular Mechanics, 11 Mar. 2010

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