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
Pat died in 2012, but was later seen on-screen again with Dame Barbara Windsor, when she returned as a figment of the dying Peggy's imagination in 2016.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 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
Lestat’s figment doubles as his love’s guilty conscience and a glamorized memory.
From Salon • May 26, 2024
The whole article is just a figment of the imagination.”
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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