figment

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

As Kunimoto says, private-fund valuations are often “a figment of imagination.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

As a figment of Charles’ imagination, Sazz is always in a suit and a porkpie hat.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

In 1993's True Romance, Kilmer played a version of Elvis Presley who is a figment of Christian Slater's imagination.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025

Achilles runs smoothly past the tortoise because the infinite points are simply a figment of Zeno's imagination, rather than a real-world construct.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife