fancies in English
this does not mean that the law should change with every passing fancy
my research assistant is prone to flights of fancy
do you fancy a drink?
Use "fancies" in a sentence
1. But he fancies the Dark Arts.
2. She fancies herself a bohemian.
3. And fancies himself as a fisherman.
4. Gaffer was no neophyte and had no fancies.
5. 15 That Dave really fancies himself, doesn't he?
6. We never cherish any unrealistic fancies about those desperate criminals.
7. Mr. Cheng fancies himself something of a munitions specialist.
8. Now he fancies himself as a great military strategist.
9. If she ever fancies a job swap, I could be interested.
10. The noble cataract reflects the concerns, the fancies, and the failings of the times.
11. (4) They're only in for a while (4) Short-lived Crazes (4) Passing fancies (4)
12. 30 Ann really fancies her chances of promotion to the vacant job of chief supervisor.
13. The lady had always been a bit flighty in her mind - nervous, delicate, taking odd fancies.
14. 28 She fancies herself to be above us and walked by without an acknowledgement.
15. Synonyms for Avocations include activities, hobbies, interests, pastimes, recreations, amusements, entertainments, fancies, passions and arts
16. Synonyms for Crotchets include eccentricity, caprices, fancies, idiosyncrasies, kink, notions, quirks, twists, vagaries and whim
17. I didn't mind; it kept my thoughts off morbid fancies about Granny in her wooden box.
18. He is at the camera when Geri tries to coax Izzy into admitting that she fancies women as well as men.
19. Successful ads employ clever words and pictures to appeal to the longings and fancies of the consumer.
20. Crotchety (adj.) "characterized by odd fancies, eccentric in thought," 1825, from crotchet "whim or fancy" + -y (2)
21. Princess! they are simple, and such as Beguile tentmen and tentwomen shut in by the desert, their fancies tender as children's.
22. Crotchety (comparative crotchetier or more Crotchety, superlative crotchetiest or most Crotchety) Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies
23. Burton's odd turns and quirks of expression, his whimsical and Affectate fancies, his kindly sarcasm, his far-fetched conceits, his deep-lying pathos, descended by inheritance of genius to
24. "That afternoon Fuchs told me story after story; about the Black Tiger mine, and about violent deaths and causal Buryings, and the queer fancies of dying men
25. · With a highly unique action to compliment its distinctive construction, the Strike King Hybrid Hunter Crankbait is a must-try bait for anyone who fancies shallow water cranking
26. The poet fancies to create a kind of great poetry which could surpass both female parent and the male parent . This is undoubtedly great humanity---something of the character of poetry.
27. However happy you make her Captivity, imagination will carry her at times to the green field and blue sky, and she fancies herself somewhere near the sun, heading a long file of exultant companions in swift career through the whistling air
28. O place and greatness! millions of false eyes Are stuck upon thee: volumes of report Run with these false and most Contrarious quests Upon thy doings: thousand escapes of wit Make thee the father of their idle dreams And rack thee in their fancies.
29. But it is according to grace, and the new Adam, who is the Lord from heaven, to honour all men; to love the brotherhood; to throw away our own private fancies and personal Antipathies; and, like the Lord Jesus Christ, copy the all-embracing charity of God
30. 29 Death, old age, are words without a meaning, that pass by us like the idle air which we regard not. Others may have undergone, or may still be liable to them--we "bear a charmed life", which laughs to scorn all such sickly fancies. As in setting out on delightful journey, we strain our eager gaze forward.
31. 22 Death, old age, are words without a meaning, that pass by us like the idle air which we regard not. Others may have undergone, or may still be liable to them--we "bear a charmed life", which laughs to scorn all such sickly fancies. As in setting out on delightful journey, we strain our eager gaze forward.
32. 27 Death, old age, are words without a meaning, that pass by us like the idle air which we regard not. Others may have undergone, or may still be liable to them--we "bear a charmed life", which laughs to scorn all such sickly fancies. As in setting out on delightful journey, we strain our eager gaze forward.
33. Death, old age, are words without a meaning, that pass by us like the idle air which we regard not. Others may have undergone, or may still be liable to them--we "bear a charmed life", which laughs to scorn all such sickly fancies. As in setting out on delightful journey, we strain our eager gaze forward.
34. On a walk Companioned by my Muse along the sylvan meadows We wandered away to delightful realms in unclouded ambience Don’t know how long I rambled warming my fancies in sunset fires Must be for long, all lights were out, the quiet hamlet lay bathed in sleep Above me, stood the starry firmament and the half hidden moon
35. 28 Death, old age, are words without a meaning, that pass by us like the idle air which we regard not. Others may have undergone, or may still be liable to them--we "bear a charmed life", which laughs to scorn all such sickly fancies. As in setting out on delightful journey, we strain our eager gaze forward.
36. Sometimes, as the road was cut through the pine woods that seemed in the darkness to be closing down upon us, great masses of greyness which here and there Bestrewed the trees, produced a peculiarly weird and solemn effect, which carried on the thoughts and grim fancies engendered earlier in the evening, when the falling sunset threw into strange relief the ghost