How do you use Fancying in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Fancying meaning
present participle and gerund of fancy
Using Fancying
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of fancy
Context around Fancying
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fancying
- In this selection, "fancying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anyone and food stand out and add context to how "fancying" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include afterwards and fancying his chances and end up fancying food during. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fancying" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fancying
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The 25-year-old air stewardess says she would never board a plane hungry just in case you end up fancying food during the long haul journey. (27 words)
Understandably he was feeling good afterwards and fancying his chances of lifting the World Championship trophy at some point, although will not be panicking if it isn’t this year. (30 words)
Throughout the date, he talked over Chiara, accused her of fancying a waiter and also blamed his ex Dani Dyer - who he won Love Island 2018 with - for their split. (30 words)
The 60ft barge was moored on Regent's Canal, which runs across North and East London and was up for sale for £129,950 for anyone fancying an escape from the hectic lifestyle of the capital. (36 words)
Understandably he was feeling good afterwards and fancying his chances of lifting the World Championship trophy at some point, although will not be panicking if it isn’t this year. (30 words)
Throughout the date, he talked over Chiara, accused her of fancying a waiter and also blamed his ex Dani Dyer - who he won Love Island 2018 with - for their split. (30 words)
Example sentences (4)
Understandably he was feeling good afterwards and fancying his chances of lifting the World Championship trophy at some point, although will not be panicking if it isn’t this year.
The 25-year-old air stewardess says she would never board a plane hungry just in case you end up fancying food during the long haul journey.
The 60ft barge was moored on Regent's Canal, which runs across North and East London and was up for sale for £129,950 for anyone fancying an escape from the hectic lifestyle of the capital.
Throughout the date, he talked over Chiara, accused her of fancying a waiter and also blamed his ex Dani Dyer - who he won Love Island 2018 with - for their split.