fancy
Example Sentences
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If she fancied a dress in the display window at the Broadway or Bullocks, it would appear in a fancy box on her bed a few days later.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
It is a frenzied, organized dance with missed steps and dropped plates and canned tuna and mayonnaise gussied up into a fancy tonnato sauce that tastes upscale and flawless to the unsuspecting.
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026
The spending, on fancy ingredients and equipment, also left a dent in my wallet.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026
His fancy car has a flat tire he doesn’t know how to change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
This place was so fancy there were gold flecks on the ground.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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