Example Sentences

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"At best that meant I would have needed to be put on dialysis which I really would not have fancied," he said.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025

Louis Theroux, the British documentarian of BBC fame, may hardly have fancied himself as an MC, no less a famous one.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2022

Not many will have fancied Wolves’ chances of competing for the Champions League places this season but they have gone under the radar.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2022

"It didn't do anything for me, which was lucky because I wouldn't have fancied heading down that road."

From Fox News • Apr. 15, 2021

I remembered the salmon lady standing by the drawing-room door with her plate of chicken, and it seemed to me a thing I must have fancied, as something that had happened very long ago.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier