figments
- plural of figment.
Example Sentences
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We meet them before we meet Sally and Theo, and whether they are figments or not, they are unmistakably haunting the new occupant who’s writing about them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
But that's the issue, we have fictionalized a real-life relationship with our very own elusive figments of our imagination.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023
The legendary teams coached by Marv Levy and quarterbacked by Jim Kelly, they almost seemed like figments relegated to NFL Films footage.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2023
But its various figments and narratives had merged, as such poppycock tends to do, with an older and homegrown genre of German extremism.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
I guess you just can't control some people, even when they're only figments of your imagination.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
