fancy
adjective
ornamental; decorative; not plain.
fancying
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present participleof fancy.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It “has much to do with real estate scions fancying themselves purveyors of a new Renaissance, but the buildings themselves are less inspired by Renaissance principles than vague stabs at worldliness.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
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
It puzzles me now to remember with what absurd sincerity I doated on this little toy, half fancying it alive and capable of sensation.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
