be imagining things
Frequency: 7.311.8 per million words
To believe you have seen or heard something that did not really happen.
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Examples (10)
- Had I really heard a noise, or was I just imagining things?
- She keeps saying she sees shadows, but I think she is imagining things.
- Don't worry, you're probably just imagining things because you're tired.
- He swore he saw a ghost, but his friends told him he was imagining things.
- After working late, I started to feel like I was imagining things in the dark office.
- Are you sure you saw that, or are you imagining things?
- The doctor assured him he wasn't sick, he was merely imagining things.
- Sometimes, when you're alone, it's easy to start imagining things.
- She convinced herself she wasn't imagining things, but the evidence said otherwise.
- He tried to dismiss the strange feeling, thinking he must be imagining things.