fantasize
Example Sentences
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Between sets on stage, the two would often take breaks to fantasize about fame.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
“If I did nothing but eat and lift for six months,” a football fan might fantasize, “I could be a walk-on at the next Jets training camp.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
The empathic distance that reality TV affords still allows us to not only delight in the Traitors’ impressive murder run but perhaps fantasize as to how well we’d perform in their place.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026
I fantasize about what their lives are like, or all the times they wore those nice faded jeans that they’re pulling out of the dryer while the static shocks their skin.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2024
It is common enough at such times to fantasize arriving in a remote and high place.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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