fancying
Example Sentences
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Just two days earlier, I’d been on the slopes in Vermont fancying myself a paragon of wellness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
But the narrator—technologically astute and, by proxy, fancying herself a savvy reader of people—discerns the clandestine love story.
From Slate • May 27, 2024
Stories explored include pigeon fancying in Sheffield, homelessness in York and rhubarb growing in Kirkstall.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024
While it’s not particularly difficult to find a film you’re fancying at any given moment, it’s not particularly easy, either.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
It puzzles me now to remember with what absurd sincerity I doated on this little toy, half fancying it alive and capable of sensation.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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