Collocations for imagine - verb

clearly, easily, readily
I could clearly imagine the scene in the office.

barely, hardly, scarcely (esp. BrE)
I could hardly imagine living in such a remote and desolate spot.

just
She could just imagine her mother's look of horror.

quite
The sight was disturbing as you can quite imagine.

almost
When I think about this story I can almost imagine the look on his face.

ever, possibly
the best guitarist you could possibly imagine

fully (esp. AmE)
I couldn't fully imagine what it could be.

actually
I can't actually imagine her falling for that trick.

always
I always imagined him following in his father's footsteps.

vividly
She had so vividly imagined it time and time again.

can
I can well imagine the atmosphere at home at this moment.
There's more at stake here than you can possibly imagine.

try to
begin to, start to
I can't even begin to imagine the horrors that they have been through.
I started to imagine what he might say.

dare to
He hardly dared to imagine what else was going to be divulged.

love to
He loved to imagine himself as the hero.

be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to, be tough to
It is difficult to imagine a world without money.

be absurd to, be far-fetched to
be easy to
be free to
The artist is free to imagine anything she pleases.

let us imagine
Let us imagine what really might have happened.

really, seriously
You don't seriously imagine I'll agree to that?

almost
I could almost imagine you were jealous.

actually
just, merely, simply
She knew she was simply imagining things.

fondly, naively (both esp. BrE)
I had fondly imagined that riding a mule would be easy.

be easy to

be imagining things
Had I really heard a noise, or was I just imagining things?

real and imagined, real or imagined
He was always quick to avenge insults, real or imagined.

Imagine is used with these nouns as the object:
horror, joy, scenario, scene, shock, uproar, world