Sentence examples for entertain visions from inspiring English sources

Naturally, to ensure that any mortal can entertain visions of guitar-god stature, the arena will be crowded with interactive kiosks sponsored by the likes of Gibson and Fender.

If they are given to superstitions (obviously, whether you think you will win a prize has no effect on whether you get it), men are apt to believe that if they allow themselves to entertain visions of defeat, the fates will punish weak-willed pessimism, and thus convert their paltry expectations to self-fulfilling prophecy.

He had opposed hiring the rabbi, but the elders of the synagogue, entertaining visions of overflowing pews, ignored him.

But when he suggested hitting the heavy and speed bags together, Mrs. Schwartz, 35, agreed, entertaining visions of Hilary Swank in motion in "Million Dollar Baby".

Mr de Rato entertains visions of his institution becoming what one might call an International Monetary Forum, helping to resolve global imbalances and police misaligned exchange rates through the sheer force of its analysis and argument.

Unfortunately, as the leader of a Hindu nationalist party that has long entertained visions of Hindu dominance, Mr. Vajpayee can't seem to resist the temptation to bring tensions to a boil over Kashmir.

I entertained visions of slithering under the table and doing a belly crawl out of the state.

And even I began to entertain unnerving visions of loneliness.

The Defence Department is said to entertain grander visions about the possibility of establishing a western-style democracy to serve as an example for the rest of the region.It is hard to say which outcome disintegration, or the creation of a real democracy frightens the neighbours most.

Put otherwise, Debord is pointing to the pose of intellectual and physical passivity we adopt when we entertain a vision of total social unity that can be abstracted in a theoretical formula, a political slogan, a product or a picture.

They might have a law practice, but that didn't stop them from entertaining apocalyptic visions of armed citizens turning to political violence.