fantastical
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For Bray, the appeal goes beyond magic, romance and fantastical kingdoms.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
First, it’s an old-fashioned love story with a fantastical twist: Lively’s character dies in a car crash but is revived when she’s struck by lightning, only to stop aging forever.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
I found the second act less rewarding, and inconclusive, as the play becomes more fantastical and stylized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Alas, Tanden is committed to that dream during a moment in our national story when it has become disturbingly common to believe such an idea to be laughably fantastical, or worse, totally contemptible.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
In the course of the fight Trip managed to break his sword, hide under a lady’s dress, fence with a sausage, and perform such fantastical acrobatics that it’s a miracle he didn’t seriously injure himself.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing fantastical
"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 1
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