On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Fanciful. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as notional or creative and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Fanciful meaning
- Imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.
- Unreal or imagined.
Using Fanciful
- The main meaning on this page is: Imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality. | Unreal or imagined.
- Useful related words include: notional, creative, originative, imaginary.
- In the example corpus, fanciful often appears in combinations such as: the fanciful, as fanciful, and fanciful.
Context around Fanciful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fanciful
- In this selection, "fanciful" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, particularly, silly, highly, moves, yet and engagements stand out and add context to how "fanciful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are not fanciful and are such fanciful engagements binding. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fanciful" sits close to words such as afterthought, avatars and basingstoke, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fanciful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The account of the bear’s demise was particularly fanciful. (10 words)
Having a purpose in life isn’t simply a fanciful pursuit. (11 words)
Carol Pettigrew created a fanciful quilt, one of more than 220 at the show. (14 words)
Victory at this venue two seasons ago played a big part in keeping Barrow in the EFL, but this latest triumph in Northants emphasised the development seen under Pete Wild, and why ambitions of leaving League Two in the other direction are not fanciful. (44 words)
But Lyonne’s smirkingly wise presence, combined with Johnson’s fanciful yet humanistic approach to the mystery genre (most recently seen in “Knives Out” and its sequel, “Glass Onion”), renders their “Columbo” homage a hangout procedural. (36 words)
Mr Selby accused the Crown of being ‘fanciful in the extreme’, trying to place knives into the hands of Oluyitan and the two remaining co-defendants as they chased Mr Innes up Walton Street. (34 words)
And a party dance scene where the two put a group of wealthy Brits to shame with their fanciful moves? (20 words)
But the overriding question remains, are such fanciful engagements binding of the generality of members-elect? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
And a party dance scene where the two put a group of wealthy Brits to shame with their fanciful moves?
But Lyonne’s smirkingly wise presence, combined with Johnson’s fanciful yet humanistic approach to the mystery genre (most recently seen in “Knives Out” and its sequel, “Glass Onion”), renders their “Columbo” homage a hangout procedural.
But the overriding question remains, are such fanciful engagements binding of the generality of members-elect?
Carol Pettigrew created a fanciful quilt, one of more than 220 at the show.
From quickly finding destination points to critical training for essential services, AR is not just a fanciful toy.
Having a purpose in life isn’t simply a fanciful pursuit.
However, the Bench led by Chief Justice of Sri Lanka Jayantha Jayasuriya found the petitioners’ submissions to be “fanciful hypotheses,” adding that they lacked merit.
It was vacant, but prior developer Garrett Kelleher left behind a 76-foot-deep crater that was to be the foundation of a fanciful curvy building.
Mr Selby accused the Crown of being ‘fanciful in the extreme’, trying to place knives into the hands of Oluyitan and the two remaining co-defendants as they chased Mr Innes up Walton Street.
Painted above is a magnificent portrait, one of vast brilliant blue skies interrupted by white puffs of fanciful clouds.
Planting billions of trees, going solar, capturing carbon from the sky, and a green hydrogen revolution – Saudi Arabia’s declared green transition sounds as fanciful as it is surprising from a fossil-fuel giant.
The account of the bear’s demise was particularly fanciful.
Then amid that conversation, Snyder brought up an at the time fanciful idea between the two.
Victory at this venue two seasons ago played a big part in keeping Barrow in the EFL, but this latest triumph in Northants emphasised the development seen under Pete Wild, and why ambitions of leaving League Two in the other direction are not fanciful.
You are determined, resolute, ambitious, materialistic, sarcastic, wry, private, and scornful of silly, fanciful whimsy.
You’ll also see tombstones, a glowing “spider shoot” reaching from the top of the yard to the sidewalk below, pumpkins, lanterns, ghoulish and fanciful figures, projected images and lights.
And, developing a darker side to Baum’s fanciful creation, Maguire also gave Elphaba a political motivation for wreaking havoc on her homeland: the oppression of its talking animals.
Some are faithful to the facts and some highly fanciful, but all exist because Jane Eyre has taken such an indelible hold on the imagination.
The 60 fanciful animals in this six-hour game are made in an appealingly bright child-art style.
The burgeoning economic alliance, once dismissed as fanciful, now represents a formidable challenge to America’s supremacy—a stark reminder that big things indeed have small beginnings.
Common combinations with fanciful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the fanciful 10×
- as fanciful 6×
- and fanciful 5×
- of fanciful 4×
- fanciful as 4×
- is fanciful 4×
- highly fanciful 3×
- with fanciful 3×
- was fanciful 3×
- more fanciful 3×