fantasy
noun
imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
fantasies
Example Sentences
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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
The difference is that the Obamas appear to like each other and, especially in the early years of his presidency, had palpable chemistry that induced romantic fantasies.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
I’m a late bloomer and worried I’m still missing out on living by being stuck in these idealized fantasies of what love could be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
She fed it with fantasies, idealized it, savagely defended it, stripped it of its prosaic truth, and turned it into the kind of love one found in novels.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
