fanciful

Example Sentences

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An industry colleague recently admitted that while she was appalled by Ms. Owens’s fanciful claims, she kept tuning in for the next installment of “crazy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The publication took a rather more fanciful approach for some calculations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Stern and Epstein even discussed a fanciful plan to take over the giant German lender Deutsche Bank with the help of Qatari investors, the emails suggest - which never came to fruition.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

But ironically, the Zanesville elite was right in its fanciful prediction that Odessa was bubbling with a bounty of riches.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger