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

“He’s in great shape. We were talking hitting. Obviously, he’s a huge fan of Shohei. I told him, ‘I always thought he was a figment of my imagination.’

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024

There are competing factions on the question of what a color actually is — or if it’s anything more than a figment of our imagination.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2024

That we’re the figment of someone’s imagination, some crazy person or maybe spirit or god that’s just dreamed up each and every single one of us.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender