fancying

Example Sentences

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Just two days earlier, I’d been on the slopes in Vermont fancying myself a paragon of wellness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

As we enter the busiest period of the season, there will be a lot of teams still fancying their chances of making a push for Europe.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

But the narrator—technologically astute and, by proxy, fancying herself a savvy reader of people—discerns the clandestine love story.

From Slate • May 27, 2024

While it’s not particularly difficult to find a film you’re fancying at any given moment, it’s not particularly easy, either.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

In the wake of the festivities, we watched the Regimental children play, running about the pasture and fancying themselves captives in the great oven of Nebuchadnezzar.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson