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spark someone's imagination
inspire creative ideas
To spark someone's imagination means to make them think creatively and come up with new ideas.
Hear it in real life
Where did you get the idea for that design?
A visit to the market sparked my imagination.
The old photographs sparked my imagination when I was planning the story.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The photographs sparked my imagination with new ideas for a story.
Say: The photographs sparked my imagination and gave me new ideas for a story.
Learners may use “with” to attach the ideas, but this phrase naturally takes a result clause.
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How it fits in a sentence.
spark someone's imagination; spark my imagination
Your turn: say it out loud
The old photographs sparked my imagination when I was planning the story.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
spark someone's imagination
inspire creative ideas
“The old photographs sparked my imagination when I was planning the story.”
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