play of fancy
Example Sentences
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His sympathetic insight, delightfully sly humor, play of fancy and light touch of pathos are all unique.
From Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women by Benton, Caroline French
This sort of work is extremely amusing, and gives scope to much play of fancy and ingenuity, and when artistically composed it is sometimes very beautiful.
From Handbook of Embroidery by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
In the Chambers he spoke with ease and animation, if not with eloquence, and often indulged in an attractive play of fancy.
From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by Cole, John William
There were plenty of men dancing without masks, which was rather a pity, as their dull, ordinary faces halted abruptly the play of fancy.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
"Don't you consider your play of fancy mentally dangerous?"
From Rural Problems of Today by Groves, Ernest R. (Ernest Rutherford)
