fantasy
noun
imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
fantasies
Example Sentences
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Like any good advertising, it worked best when soothing our anxieties and tapping into our fantasies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Like most made-for-TV illustrations, these fantasies didn’t reflect life for most people, and certainly not working-class families with two working parents.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Some of the songs of youth gone by are not so much memory pieces as “what if” fantasies of Mr. Louris, now age 71, about meeting Stephanie years earlier than he actually did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Then, it was described as a symptom of childhood schizophrenia - excessive fantasies and hallucinations.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
She would simply wait on the bridge, calm and obstinate, until events, real events, not her own fantasies, rose to her challenge, and dispelled her insignificance.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
