figment of the imagination
Example Sentences
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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
Ask anyone who has experienced the lingering maladies of the pandemic, and they’ll tell you long covid is no figment of the imagination.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2022
The second is: a figment of the imagination.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2022
This causes first-time customers to step a little to the left and peer in the full-length window to ensure that this wood-fired pizzeria in the middle of nowhere isn’t just a figment of the imagination.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2021
This is not a figment of the imagination.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve