fancied
Example Sentences
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But while Bournemouth used to be a team who I always fancied to score, and could be quite open, recently they have become a lot tighter at the back.
From BBC
Instead, the Admiralty fed information about their system to a naval officer named Frederick Dreyer, who was a capable gunnery officer but not the great inventor he fancied himself to be.
All that hope, so often fancied to go all of the way, only for it to end in disappointment.
From BBC
After surrendering meekly in their opening two matches against China and South Korea, few fancied Rebecca Morrison's rink to right the wrongs against the world champions.
From BBC
It was another day, another victory for last year's world silver medallists; this time the fancied Sweden - who beat them to bronze in 2022 - who were the victims.
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