figment

At the time, the threat from Hamilton was so distant as to be almost a figment of the imagination.

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?

As a figment of Charles’ imagination, Sazz is always in a suit and a porkpie hat.

While the gesture is also known as the "Roman salute," there is no known Roman art or text that depicts or describes it, and the association was likely just a figment of fascist propaganda.

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.