Example sentences for: fanciful

How can you use “fanciful” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (Origin unknown; not from Gaelic)” I think it hardly fanciful to discern a note of Calvinist disapproval in this curt disclaimer.

  • Fanciful Zook Spur, Iowa Tyewhoppety, Oklahoma Zu Zu, Tennessee Tizzle Flats, Virginia Utsaladdy, Washington

  • The emphasis is on European ignorance, backed by engravings of fanciful New World monsters and references to Shakespeare's The Tempest , a play inspired by explorers' journals.

  • Is it too fanciful to predict that many of the Bard's words are, even now, lying low awaiting the coming of the inevitable day when they shall become of the bright, new-minted, contemporary expressions of tomorrow?

  • The law recognizes two basic kinds of trademark, though it allows for a measure of degree in their definition: a “strong trademark” is one used only in a fictitious or fanciful manner, while a “weak trademark” is a meaningful word in common usage that doubles as a suggestive or descriptive trademark.


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