Example sentences for: imaginative

How can you use “imaginative” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In fact, much of her imaginative writing seems to me a mere preparatory sketch for her real work of genius, which is the self-promoting--but undeniably original--criticism that explicates it.

  • The Irish Times , another Dublin newspaper, said in an editorial headlined "The courage of Mr Trimble" that "[t]he Belfast Agreement may yet resonate in the collective memory of our children as a great imaginative departure and a creative compromise between traditionally antagonistic forces."

  • Or are these subjects that simply require more, and perhaps more imaginative, research?

  • A few examples follow: dipper duck for the pied-billed grebe; jakes for young male turkeys (their elders are toms); loopwood or witch hobble for the hobblebush ( Viburnum alnifolium ) because the stems bend over and grow roots at the tips creating a loop that can abruptly trip a hiker in snowy woods; pippin , not for the apple, but for the tangy, red berry of wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens); pugger for ferret; quong-queedle for the bobolink; rain crow for the cuckoo, often heard before rain; scoke (or skoke ) for pokeweed ( Phytolacca americana ) of Massachusett Indian origin; skipper for a young deer; and finally an imaginative one, whippoorwill shoes for the lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium acaule) .

  • Directing (by Hark Tsui) and cinematography are said to be imaginative and the Hong Kong scenery interesting, but the performance of "the Belgian blowhard" (Rod Dreher, the New York Post ) is dismal.


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