stretch of fancy
Example Sentences
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It is no great stretch of fancy to suppose, that it is from his lips came the sound of terror and of woe that had disturbed the repose of that lonely spot.
From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Prest, Thomas Preskett
It required little stretch of fancy to enter into the Arabs’ superstition.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
The wildest stretch of fancy could hardly conceive that the Honourable David had been flirting with Amelia.
From An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay by Allen, Grant
Again, I bid you look upon this ravaged countenance, and say, if by any stretch of fancy you can persuade yourself it was once as comely as your own.
From The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
It required but little stretch of fancy to picture them as so many cattle grazing on the edge of a common, and that the grove might shelter some lowly farm-house.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various
