chimerical

Example Sentences

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Well beg pardon, but “cancel culture” — like the War on Christmas — is little more than a chimerical boogeyman created to frighten and appall.

From Seattle Times

The subtitle of this slanted memoir signals both its musical preoccupations and its cleaved and chimerical structure.

From New York Times

There’s also been years of talk about how business and political leaders will soon come together for some chimerical deal on homelessness.

From Seattle Times

A major reason for the faltering response is a chimerical expectation that markets will perform the work of government.

From New York Times

To this chimerical composite, one might add the trained eye of an Australian archeologist, which seems necessary to ascertain the full effect.

From The New Yorker