fancy
adjective
ornamental; decorative; not plain.
had been fancying
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past perfect progressiveof fancy.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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"Indefensible," fumed Time magazine's Richard Corliss, who like many critics had been fancying The Social Network's chances.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2011
She had been fancying so long she could hardly tell.
From Baby Jane's Mission by Reginald Parnell
As an amateur Cupid, Judge Enderby had been fancying himself quite decidedly.
From Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage by Raymond Moreau Crosby
He was not at all the same as Konstantin had been fancying him.
From Anna Karenina by Constance Garnett
The student also saw the instrument that had been bellowing forth those infernal tones, which he had been fancying he had heard somewhere before.
From The Tiger Hunter by Mayne Reid
