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
Yet who, by the wildest stretch of fancy, could have contemplated tight places or dangers as the trim yacht rode peacefully at anchor an eighth of a mile off our dock at smiling Miami?
From Wings of the Wind by Harris, Credo Fitch
The widest stretch of fancy would not have brought us together again.
From The Grey Cloak by Peirce, Thomas Mitchell
It requires no stretch of fancy to imagine oneself by the side of a pretty mountain-stream in Wales or Ireland.
From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Without much stretch of fancy it might be said that Kief, like Rome, Lisbon and some other cities, is built on seven hills.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther
