Example Sentences

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Just two days earlier, I’d been on the slopes in Vermont fancying myself a paragon of wellness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

"Jason began accusing me of fancying everyone in sight," she said.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

But the narrator—technologically astute and, by proxy, fancying herself a savvy reader of people—discerns the clandestine love story.

From Slate • May 27, 2024

While it’s not particularly difficult to find a film you’re fancying at any given moment, it’s not particularly easy, either.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

ALBUS: Apart from the Polly Chapman fancying you bits.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling