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Born in New Jersey, with degrees from the University of Massachusetts and Stanford, Lutz has fancied himself an aspiring novelist since his late teens.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2020

It’s not the first time television has fancied a stylized version of the period.

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2018

Through Eugene he has learned that it was generally unsatisfactory, but he has fancied Marcia just the kind to be caught by a sweet young girl.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

She told herself all this, as many a woman has told herself before, and she fancied, as many another good and virtuous woman has fancied, that she believed it.

From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Cullum, Ridgwell

"For the last week or two he has fancied strange things, the effect of a diseased appetite," exclaimed Madame Vine; "but if I allow them to be brought in he barely tastes them."

From East Lynne by Wood, Henry, Mrs.