fancied
Example Sentences
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She noticed, and maybe it was just my imagination, but I felt she sensed some of my agitation, because I fancied I saw something like concern in her eyes.
From Literature
"I never stopped doubting. I never stopped believing in myself," he said after pulling through against the more fancied Sinner.
From Barron's
O'Neill has a perfect domestic record in his five games in interim charge and will be fancied to make it six out of six when struggling Dundee come calling in midweek.
From BBC
"They were perhaps hunting like leopards -- dropping out of trees on any unsuspecting thing they fancied for dinner."
From Science Daily
Co-author Prof Michael Archer said "drop crocs" were a "bizarre idea" but some were "perhaps hunting like leopards - dropping out of trees on any unsuspecting thing they fancied for dinner".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
