stretch of fancy
Example Sentences
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It is only by a stretch of fancy that fishes can be derived from worms, or higher vertebrates from fishes.
From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf
It is no great stretch of fancy to suppose, that it is from his lips came the sound of terror and of woe that had disturbed the repose of that lonely spot.
From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Prest, Thomas Preskett
Their lodgings were somewhat more spacious, but by no stretch of fancy could they be called luxurious.
From The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent by Knox, Thomas Wallace
To have known him then, the wildest stretch of fancy would never have placed him on this puppet throne, surrounded by enemies, menaced by his adopted people, rudderless and ignorant of statecraft.
From The Puppet Crown by MacGrath, Harold
Yet, sir, let us by a stretch of fancy imagine ourselves in the place of Columbus, on the third day of August, 1492.
From A Strange Discovery by Dake, Charles Romyn
