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Example sentences for: fancied

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Because of a recent criticism I was recently moved to express concerning the spelling of flack for press agent, I looked it up and found it under flack , where the fancied etymology is quoted from Better English ([June 28] 1939):
That is a fancied nautical origin at best.
The last raja fancied his talents as an architect and built two rather elaborate water gardens.
Experts in striking martial arts such as karate and tae kwon do, who fancied themselves the world's greatest fighters, found themselves pretzeled by jujitsu masters, who pulled them to the ground and slowly choked or leg-locked them.
There was a tear in William Mack Lee's voice, but in his eye I fancied that I saw the happy light that always dances in the eyes of his race at the thought of a fowl for cooking.