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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Well, I said to myself, we have not yet reached the heaven on earth which I was fancying might be embosomed in this peaceful-looking hollow.
From Our Hundred Days in Europe by Oliver Wendell Holmes
When I first saw him, he was fancying how the presence of Miss Dorothy would gladden his father's heart at that season.
From Gryll Grange by Thomas Love Peacock
I was fancying how little I should have thought it probable, when we were together in the Calypso, that I should ever be thus standing at your bed-side.
From The Two Admirals by James Fenimore Cooper
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
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
