fictional
Example Sentences
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The Post likened him to Ichabod Crane, the fictional schoolmaster in the Washington Irving short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
But his first big success came with the 1984 mockumentary, This Is Spinal Tap, which chronicled the misadventures of a fictional British heavy metal band.
From BBC
The screenwriter encourages young people to engage with Austen's fictional worlds, as she has.
From BBC
Livermore is still widely quoted, but mostly as Larry Livingston, the fictional character from “Reminiscences.”
Undercover footage was filmed there earlier this year by a woman posing as a parent considering enrolling her fictional 15-year-old son.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.