fanciful

Example Sentences

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It is not fanciful to suspect that Iranian capabilities are being degraded very quickly.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

The RFU has promised an open inquest into what has gone wrong and, regardless of what happens in Paris - and a victory appears fanciful - this needs to be forensic.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Siphonophores -- largely translucent creatures in fanciful shapes resembling toddlers' drawings -- glowed as they drifted by, and silver, fingernail-sized fish skittered out of the sub's wake.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Children from different worlds meet for a fanciful joining of forces in the animated fantasy “Arco,” though in this case the barrier between the two kids is time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

The whispers were fanciful and improbable: the youth of Soweto had overthrown the military and the soldiers had dropped their guns and fled.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela