fantasia

Example Sentences

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There, the mother darns socks and sweeps the endless dust, while the thoroughly American children daydream in midcentury fantasia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

One chapter looks at a literary example, William Wells Brown’s novel "Clotel," which is something of a fantasia on the Sally Hemings story.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2024

Any hope of Francis Ford Coppola reproducing the warmth of his best films was dashed by the sprawling “Megalopolis,” a Rome-as-New-York urban fantasia that, for all its delightful looniness, could have used some subway grit.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2024

Gothic fantasia “Poor Things” received 11 nominations, while historical epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” have nine each.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024

In the evening Hosseyn had a great "fantasia" and fulfilled his vow—and spent all his money.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Barrington, Mrs. Russell