plural imageries
1
2
: figurative language
a poem with biblical imagery
3
: mental images
especially
: the products of imagination
Examples of imagery in a Sentence
The book contains a great deal of sexual imagery.
The movie was full of biblical imagery.
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The design weaves the histories of Judge and Fells through the symbolic imagery of healing plants found along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, where their fates intertwine.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Over several days in the country, the trip — Stefano Ricci’s ninth — spanned the Tarangire region guarded by the Maasai, and the Serengeti national park with its rich wildlife, including leopards and families of lions and lionesses and their cubs appearing in campaign imagery.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
For most of the Moon, the current imagery resolution is 1 meter, and NASA wants to improve it to 1 cm, Garcia-Galan said.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
Even if the earnestness is genuine, Véliz worries that the use of religious terminology and imagery around AI—deliberately or not—can make honest conversation harder to have.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 26 May 2026
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Over several days in the country, the trip — Stefano Ricci’s ninth — spanned the Tarangire region guarded by the Maasai, and the Serengeti national park with its rich wildlife, including leopards and families of lions and lionesses and their cubs appearing in campaign imagery.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
For most of the Moon, the current imagery resolution is 1 meter, and NASA wants to improve it to 1 cm, Garcia-Galan said.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
Even if the earnestness is genuine, Véliz worries that the use of religious terminology and imagery around AI—deliberately or not—can make honest conversation harder to have.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 26 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for imagery
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“Imagery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imagery. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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imagery
noun
im·ag·ery
ˈim-ij-(ə-)rē 
plural imageries
1
: images that can be seen or that are imagined
2
: language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
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