figment

Example Sentences

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The revs are but an airy figment in your febrile mind.

From The Wall Street Journal

And if this ends up being nothing more than a figment of my imagination, where’s the harm in choosing not to question it, if it gives me something I’ve been so painfully missing.

From Salon

Who knows, maybe the daughter is a figment of her imagination too, though I don’t think the movie supports such a reading.

From Los Angeles Times

At the time, the threat from Hamilton was so distant as to be almost a figment of the imagination.

From BBC

But how well will they win - and how intoxicating will that half-back partnership prove now that it is almost a reality rather than an exciting figment of the imagination?

From BBC