fancy
adjective
ornamental; decorative; not plain.
was fancying
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past progressiveof fancy.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Yet there is something of inspiration in your writing on the 1st of March: 'I was fancying you even now, perhaps, ascending the Peiho with a train of gunboats!'
From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by Eighth Earl of Elgin James
Because I was fancying that I must have a very hasty temper for minding what has been taking place.
From In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First by Lancelot Speed
Why, I told her that the child was fancying herself in love with Ian, and behaving rather foolishly.
From The Heather-Moon by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
By 1743 the luck had changed; the Austrian army had redeemed itself, and Maria Theresa was fancying that she should be able to conquer Prussia.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
She was fancying herself in the dusky drawing-room at Mordred, after dinner, hearing him talk.
From The Doctor's Wife by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
