flight of fancy

Example Sentences

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In short, the Cassidy-Kaine proposal is a flight of fancy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

After reaching for the stars in his first show for Chanel, new chief designer Matthieu Blazy took a feathery flight of fancy for his debut Haute Couture collection inspired by birds and nature on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

So that was just a flight of fancy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2023

But it’s easy to forgive Zink this flight of fancy in a book that’s so fun to read.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022

Wasn’t writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination?

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan