flight of fancy
Example Sentences
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This flight of fancy implies a moral imperative: “So basically if you can do something to change the risk a little bit of that happening, you’ve committed the greatest act of humanity ever.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
In short, the Cassidy-Kaine proposal is a flight of fancy.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
After reaching for the stars in his first show for Chanel, new chief designer Matthieu Blazy took a feathery flight of fancy for his debut Haute Couture collection inspired by birds and nature on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
So that was just a flight of fancy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
“Nothing. Just a brief flight of fancy, my mind sailing off past the phantom tollbooth. So, which lifeline would you like to use?”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
