figment

Example Sentences

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The revs are but an airy figment in your febrile mind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

As Kunimoto says, private-fund valuations are often “a figment of imagination.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

But how well will they win - and how intoxicating will that half-back partnership prove now that it is almost a reality rather than an exciting figment of the imagination?

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

The figment of a carriage appears in the distance, steadily drawing closer in Thomas’ sight as the sound of horses’ hooves mimics his steadily increasing heartbeat.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

Maybe he was a figment of my imagination.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson