fantasize

Example Sentences

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“If I did nothing but eat and lift for six months,” a football fan might fantasize, “I could be a walk-on at the next Jets training camp.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The empathic distance that reality TV affords still allows us to not only delight in the Traitors’ impressive murder run but perhaps fantasize as to how well we’d perform in their place.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

If in Lincoln Heights we’re tasked with lending a hand to hidden, fictional mini-humans, in Atwater Village we’re asked to fantasize that we’re ghosts, friendly haunts who treat books as entryways for thoughtful, personal reflections.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024

While I eat my yogurt, I fantasize that if they ask me where I’m visiting from, I will lie.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024

Isn't it funny the way you fantasize about junk food when you're a kid?

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli