Example Sentences

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From the outside, it would be understandable if you thought Scotland are fancying their chances this year, what with Glasgow Warriors tearing it up in the United Rugby Championship and Champions Cup.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

You are fancying that this old uncle will soon be departing this life, but I shall not think of such a thing for a long while to come, mark that!

From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

You cannot imagine how my heart sinks when I see you are fancying that I care for somebody else more than for you; when you think that I am feeling differently from you.

From Deerbrook by Martineau, Harriet

Dear Miss Wilkins, I’m afraid it is painful enough, but you are fancying it worse than it is. 

From A Dark Night's Work by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

The mass, again, are fancying that they are still adhering to the old creeds, the old church, to the honoured patriarchs of English Protestantism. 

From Yeast: a Problem by Kingsley, Charles