fantasize
verb (used without object)
to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed byabout ).
was fantasizing
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past progressiveof fantasize.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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A few weeks earlier, I was fantasizing about going somewhere — anywhere — far away.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
For the hours in which I was fantasizing, I could escape the body that abraded me, as well as any roles of “daughter” and “girl.”
From Scientific American ● Dec. 19, 2021
McCallum told investigators he believed Emmi was fantasizing and declined her request.
From Fox News ● Feb. 10, 2021
Perhaps he was fantasizing about well-done steak while a trauma surgeon from Tennessee waxed prolix about his patients in rural Appalachia.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2017
For once Hazel was fantasizing about the real world.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
