How To Use Fancy In A Sentence

It is by these special touches that the author infuses the books with the spirit of humanity, without which a fantasy becomes an empty fancy.
Every large town will have quite a few horologers and jewelers with a vast selection of fancy watches displayed their windows, with huge price tags to go with them.
Clearly the megalosaurus in the opening passage of Bleak House is a flight of hyperbolic fancy (inspired, I would guess, by the papier-mâché dinosaurs constructed for the Crystal Palace Exhibition, a couple of years earlier).
The Christmas penny jar will buy more food and drink than we could possibly consume over the holiday and there aren't any goodies I truly fancy finding in my stocking.
Try poppies, cornflowers, stocks, love-in-a-mist, cosmos, mignonette, larkspur, honesty, ox-eye daisies, marigolds, phlox, sunflowers, zinnias - whatever takes your fancy.

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A year later, in ‘L' Allegro ’, the delphic element had disappeared, and Milton's cheerful man heard ‘Sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's child Warble his native woodnotes wild’.
No magic numbers, fancy formulas or special percentages of carbs, fats and proteins are necessary to reap the benefits of a smart lower-carb diet.
What could stop two swashbuckling heroes from venturing in for another gruelling day larking around in fancy dress? The Sun
I believe there is a 19 year old Tory standing in Coatbridge and Chryston but, personally, I don't fancy his chances. When two tribes go to war (part four)
But she knew that had she done so — had she so resolved — that which she called her fancy would have been too strong for her. Phineas Finn
These arrhythmias usually occur early in life during infancy or childhood.
Fancy an heir that a father had seen born well-featured and fair, turning suddenly wry-nosed, club-footed, squint-eyed, hair-lipped, wapper-jawed, carrot-haired, from a pride become an aversion, -- my case was yet worse. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
Tuesday, 19 February 2008 first signs of spring - centre piece of the month february pick whatever flowers you get at the supermarket to make this little basket filled with flowers. ranunculus are my favourites and available all over the place at the moment, so i chose to put them into this flowery centrepiece. the orchid is quite fancy but you just really need one to pimp this up (and it keeps for ever!). a rose or two, some ivy and green leaves from the forest and you are all set. to get started line a basket with some foil and trim on the edges. soak some floral foam in water and place in the basket, when soaked wet (can be really, really wet - it will have to work as a vase to the flowers), eventually cut and trim the floral on the edges, so that it resembles an arch. trim flowers and green leaves and stick into pot. start doing so on the bottom of foam, working upwards until you have an even flowery centrepiece. make sure foam stays moist - adding some water from time to time. Archive 2008-02-01
I don't fancy that 'cilice' very much.
The concert footage, captured in color, is bright and brassy, and even with all the fancy lighting and video backdrops, the transfer never resorts to flaring or bleeding.
For shame, Barnet! what ninnis, what hartless raskles, you must beleave them to be, — in the fust plase, to fancy that you are a politticle genus; in the secknd, to let your politix interfear with their notiums about littery merits! The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush
From his observation and writings, it is clear that the structures of intelligence and feelings begin to evolve during infancy.
He's a troubled kid at a fancy, hoity-toity high school, says Mitchell. Exclusive First Look: Grimm Takes on the Pied Piper -- Rats!
Washington dreamed his way along the street, his fancy flitting from grain to hogs, from hogs to banks, from banks to eyewater, from eye-water to Tennessee Land, and lingering but a feverish moment upon each of these fascinations. The Gilded Age, Part 1.
Unless perhaps the sixth year of the reign of Ezekias, in which Samaria was taken, they think is here called his infancy, that is, the infancy of his reign, not of his age; which even a fool must see to be hard and forced. Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
Why he should choose to express that interval by fifty, rather than by fifty-two, weeks, may be surmised in two ways: first, because the latter phrase would be unpoetical and unmanageable; and, secondly, because he might fancy that the week of the Pagan Theseus would be more appropriately represented by a lunar quarter than by a Jewish hebdomad. Notes and Queries, Number 72, March 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
We were not appalled when Prince Harry went to a fancy dress party as a Nazi (a good place for a Nazi uniform - on a dickhead at a piss-up), and we are not appalled by what he called his pal Ahmed Raza Khan. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
La Caravelle may have a fancy nouvelle menu, but at this venerable institution, you really ought to study the classics.
Ideas had begun to percolate the moment she'd rescued Fancy. PAINT THE WIND
That means we often fancy the same blokes. The Sun
Fancy and Kit jounced along redbrick streets past low, colorful buildings. Slice Of Cherry
It is now pretty conclusively established that they are no more Japanese than they are of any other country in particular, but that the originators of the breed were common fancy mice which were suffering from a disease of the brain analogous to the 'gid' in sheep. The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior
She gripped a fancy mat which covered an ornate table by her side, and dragged a begilded vase on to the floor without even noticing it. The Box with Broken Seals
I suppose if an angel was extremely strong, they could use the energy in their place of birth to uncloak themselves, but I have no support for these wild flights of fancy.
The Naval Air Corps was then in its infancy and sorely needed a strong leader and champion.
She came trooping down the driveway wearing a simple pair of clean jeans that weren't too fancy, a light blue sweat shirt and a colored scarf underneath her black track jacket.
And partly because it will amount to special treatment only for rich people with fancy lawyers. The Sun
Which sounded to me like a fancy way of saying he was a thief. Times, Sunday Times
But he proved just as incapable in manhood as he was in infancy. Times, Sunday Times
A peculiarly subtle expression haunts the lower part, sensual and incredulous, like that of a man tasting good Bordeaux with half a fancy it has been somewhat too long uncorked. Virginibus Puerisque and other papers
I fancy she entertains an 'arriere' idea of proposing her flawless niece Gracey, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
Since infancy, his father scolded him when he didn't stand up for himself and encouraged him to fight back if he was pushed around. Times, Sunday Times
Fancy putting a spring in your step with a weekend of top-to-toe pampering? The Sun
That's a very fancy pair of shoes!
Kit pushed Fancy in front of the small cherrywood box with a round lens on the front that sat atop a brass stand. Slice Of Cherry
Certainly Lady Lisa might stand as the embodiment of the old fancy, the symbol of the modern idea.
As she had with the crystals, Magda directed Fancy's concentration up the body, chakra by chakra, color by color. PAINT THE WIND
The fresh tale follows the familiar style of the original - the eponymous hero magically transported from a suburban fancy-dress shop to a new world.
It is composed of the following stitches: -- Point d'Alençon, point de tulle, English rosettes, Sorrento bars, d'Alençon bars, dotted Venise bars, and the fancy stitch point d'Anvers, which is not a true point lace stitch, but which is much employed in modern point. Beeton's Book of Needlework
Officers said the wanted man appeared to be in fancy dress when he attacked two men and a woman at a pub. The Sun
This rustic top loading stove is supported on three splayed feet and decorated with gadroons around the base, leaf design around the fancy top plate which has a central sunflower design.
But he was built of loyalty and unsuspicion; and though for a mere second a fear assailed him that the old lady was about to charge Reuben with playing his daughter false, he scouted the fancy hotly. Aunt Rachel
The name Cyclopean, attached to those desolate remains of buildings which were older than Greek history itself, attests their romantic influence over the fancy of the people who thus attributed them to a superhuman strength and skill. Greek Studies: a Series of Essays
'in times she be; but there's something about her I don't quite fancy; the plain fact is, she's rather _quair_, and I shall go up to the village. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850
She is wearing overalls, which is quite different than the fancy blue satin dress the town last saw her in.
Low birthweight is strongly linked to deaths in the first week of life or during infancy. Times, Sunday Times
Needless to say, precise intelligence and sound judgment as important to military success as fancy kit.
If you're a fan of the theatre, don't mind luvvies being luvvies and enjoy an elongated version of a Sunday night period melodrama, with an abundance of tomfoolery, then this should tickle your fancy.
Do you fancy going out this evening?
The students will also dress in fancy dress as well as dressing up the animals using Christmas decorations such as tinsel and lights.
I fancy that he supposed me ignorant of the matter, or thought that if I had heard of it, I should never connect the respectable Dr. Black of Harlesden with a poor garreteer in the backwoods of London. The House of Souls
In common with most social networking sites, Facebook has always seemed like a kind of yapping gallery of the lost, the deluded and the damned; if I fancy any of that, I can go to the pub with friends. It's our class, not our colour, that screws us up
She couldn't stop looking at the fancy carvings in the walls, and at the stained glass windows.
The fancy can no more soar and disport in skyey regions, the beloved object ceases at once to be celestial, and remains plodding on earth, entirely unromantic and substantial. The Virginians
The Girls' Night In package fills you full of chocolate, sweeties, popcorn and ice-cream, but if you fancy a meal it is well worth ordering from the room-service menu.
From infancy through early adolescence, Semai children are largely unconstrained and free of external domination.
That fancy motherboard that runs your computer is dipped in toxic chemicals.
If not try stocking some, possibly when they get their fill they will hit the fake ones, Also instead of casting fancy bass lures, try casting dare devel or silver spoons. have fun!! Live minnows or fake stuff??
Eugenia too, soothed with the delusions of her romantic but innocent fancy, flattered herself she might now see continually the object she conceived formed for meriting her ever reverential regard; and Miss Margland was importantly occupied upon affairs best suited to her taste and ancient habits, in deliberating how first to bring forth her fair charge with the most brilliant effect. Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
There is no fancy stuff here; just straight accounting theory put into practice.
-- But she has head that the devil is black; and having a mind to make one of me, brays together, in the mortar of her wild fancy, twenty chimney-sweepers, in order to make one sootier than ordinary rise out of the dirty mass. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7
Then footloose and fancy free, Terry travelled Australia for the next couple of years.
Suburban planning was in its infancy.
Besides revealing our solar system to be far more cluttered than astronomers had suspected, these piffling objects are providing new clues about what conditions were like during the system's infancy.
The fancy bowls, water jugs and chamber pots, now so beloved of antique dealers, were in every bedroom.
It is one of the results of the unlucky fancy of scholars for re-editing already accessible texts instead of devoting themselves to _anecdota_, that work of the first interest, like The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)
In fact, there were cheers and catcalls and laughs scattered throughout the performances - a welcome change from fancy dancy, high-class outings.
But I saw that fiction--he pronounced the word gingerly, as though it were something dangerous--is perhaps not, as I had thought, merely an inducement to idleness and wicked fancy. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Oral disease, especially dental caries, is complicated and multifactorial, and it often begins to develop during infancy.
Mind you, not every city in the country spends a bundle on a fancy main square downtown at the cost of plowed streets in the winter.
Fancy taking a flutter on incontinence pads and colostomy bags? Times, Sunday Times
And should that not tickle your fancy - perhaps this will instead - um, yes, I found it looking for pictures of growbags, honest m'lud.
I looked up through the smoke of my cigarette and my eye lodged for a moment upon the burning coals, and that old fancy of the crimson flag flapping from the castle tower came into my mind, and I thought of the cavalcade of red knights riding up the side of the black rock. Monday or Tuesday
These stones include a 52.40 carat clean light fancy yellow diamond from Holpan; a 60.52 carat light yellow octahedral diamond from Saxendrift; a 74.99 carat clean white irregular blocky stone from Saxendrift; a 54.23 carat light yellow broken macle stone with inclusions from Saxendrift; and a 60.51 light yellow rounded flat stone with oxide coating and minor inclusions from Saxendrift. News24 Top Stories
The car she has just taken ownership of had manual window winders, not the fancy electric windows like the yellow car that was used in the demonstration.
Sebastian was probably the best in their batch, although that was expected, since if Jacob's theory was true, he must be a nob, and nobs always learned to fence fancy.
I had already bought my €500 granite block, on which to place my fancy vessel-bowl sink with its cool monobloc tap.
Eventually they came clumping down the stairs - for their fancy dress they had all dressed up as school girls.
The England keeper revealed some fancy footwork in the victory over Nottingham Forest.
In orations of praise, and in invectives, the fancy is predominant, because the design is not truth, but to honour or dishonour, which is done by noble or by vile comparisons. Chapter VIII. Of the Virtues Commonly Called Intellectual, and Their Contrary Defects
Then, the catch is inspected rigorously by organoleptic testing, which is a fancy science word for taste and smell. LSU, FSU experts answer questions about the oil spill
It is really just a large provincial city with fancy shops and restaurants. The Sun
There's also the need for food, whether it's a burger from the beach grill or a fancy upscale restaurant.
I fancy it was delightless to the husband as to the wife - just turning her twenty-first year, and learning for the first time in her sheltered life the taste of privation. Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life,
On March 6 and 8 he portrays the randy Latin sailor in Jerome Robbins's Fancy Free.
It appeared to be the handle to a sword decorated with a lot of fancy blue and white gems, without a blade attached.
She transferred to a fancy schmancy private school when we started high school and we saw less and less of each other until something nerdy was brought up at some mutual gathering and we began our marathoning ways. Caitlin Sweeny: A Fan's Ode to Television
MY boyfriend's ex swans around in her fancy car and buys designer handbags. The Sun
Instead of the term SIDS, the certifiers used other terms, including "sudden infant death" and "sudden unexpected death in infancy. NPR Topics: News
I fancy a stiff drink this lunchtime to steady my nerves!
My dad is really uptight and we live in a fancy high-class neighborhood.
He was a cutie, which is a fancy way of saying I can't identify breeds. Archive 2007-07-01
The community traded with the world, and designed and manufactured to sell into that market, including very ornate objects and fancy materials.
There was always great excitement among the fans just before game time as people arrived by horseback and in tally-hos or fancy carriages to cheer for their favorite team.
As if to symbolize this state of things, the "fancy piece" astern comprised, among numerous other carved decorations, a cross and a miter; while forward, on the bows, was a sort of devil for a figure-head -- a dragon-shaped creature, with a fiery red mouth, and a switchy-looking tail. Redburn. His First Voyage
Among the Eskimo the _angakok_, or shaman, trains his child from infancy in the art of sorcery, taking him upon his knee during his incantations and conjurations. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day
I never feel anything like youth about me except when I am learning something; and when I am turning over the leaves of my Italian dictionary, I could fancy myself thirteen: whether there be any/[Page 52]/good in fancying oneself thirteen after one is turned of thirty, I leave your charity to determine. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
FANCY a week of luxury pampering in Sri Lanka? The Sun
Did he outsit the maids and men around his hearth and watch the dying fire with no other companions than his sleeping dogs, fancy placed a scar-let-cloaked figure on the cushion at his feet and raised at his knee a face of sweetest friendliness, whose flower-blue eyes brightened or gloomed in response to his lightest mood ... The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest
Nothing fancy, just a long drop, probably leading to a cistern that served several other jakes, but it was a luxury here.
None of yer fancy foreign muck. Times, Sunday Times
My fancy was caught by smoked ham hock and beetroot terrine with confit beetroot and dill and lime cream, followed by loin of veal with a fricassée of squid, white beans, parsley and garlic.
My fancy was in such good working trim that before I knew it I kicked the wagon wheel, and I certainly got as warm as the most "sot" Scientist that ever read Mrs. Eddy could possibly wish. Letters of a Woman Homesteader
What were the main theories of infancy which psychoanalysts had developed, based on their clinical sensitivity and intuition, by the time the trickle of infant research became a flood in the 70s?
Sure, there are plenty of fancy, organic home cleaning products, but frankly we just can't bear to spend big bucks on a purse-size atomizer of window cleaner.
Her youngest child died in infancy.
The 1885, as with most Winchesters of the time, was offered with many options including barrel length, round, octagon barrels or a combination thereof, set triggers, fancy wood and special sights.
As vice-president, requiring even more fancy attire for herself and "silkier" underpinnings for the Vice-Dude, she would easily go through a figure ten times as large. The Moderate Voice
Parents and children were all buried together and although the parents lived to a decent old age they were unfortunate to lose their children, either in infancy, pre-adolescence or early adulthood.
When she rocks in its cradle the babe the young parents intrust to her heed; when she calls the kine to the milking, the chicks to their corn; when she but flits through my room to renew the flowers on the stand, or range in neat order the books that I read, no spell on her fancy could lead her a step from the range of her provident cares! A Strange Story — Volume 07
Have you seen how TOYota loves pimping their bakkies with "chromed" side mirrors, bumpers and some fancy (yet boring) chrome detail on their pathetic radiators? Undefined
That included the eye-exam and some fancy frames, along with the bio-focal, progressive lense, plus the grayout stuff. Eye glasses
'The first instance I shall give of the abiding influence of strong impressions received in infancy, is in the character of a lady who is now no more; and who was too eminent for piety and virtue, to leave any doubt of her being now exalted to the enjoyment of that felicity which her enfeebled mind, during its abode on earth, never dared to contemplate. The Mother's Book
a figurative kind, as the word peacock, and furthermore the allusion to Nicholas's nose, which was not intended to be taken in its literal sense, but rather to bear a latitude of construction according to the fancy of the hearers. Nicholas Nickleby
After graduation, BIE is Economics fancy, become a first - line star, but AFF has become BIE broker.
For example trevally, tarakihi or gurnard- as many or few different kinds as you fancy. Fish soup
But then I realised that he too had a monobrow, and was getting a bit fancy with his facial hair.
I didn't really fancy her (she was nice but a bit towny), so the pressure was off a little.
All very fancy, with a pianist tinkling away in the background. The Sun
He won impressively over track and trip a fortnight ago and I fancy him to follow up. The Sun
Take part in fancy dress and face painting, have fun on the bouncy castles and enter drawing competitions and quizzes on the day to win prizes. Times, Sunday Times
This straw-dry, stone-strewn river plain is perfect for grapes, planted in long straight rows protected by tidy fences with impressive gateways and fancy names for the wines they produce.
Fancy Wynter, of all men, dying rich -- actually _rich_. A Little Rebel A Novel
FANCY a cool, crisp lager or sparkling glass of wine? The Sun
I was born with anosmia, which is a fancy way of saying I’ve never been able to smell. PvPonline » Archive » Your it’s.
Using fancy technology, the two foes swap faces, at which point the stars swap roles. Times, Sunday Times
In the hardware world it's called a barebones system - nothing fancy, just enough to get you running. Website review: ChuckSchumer.com
He has constructed a pandaemonium in an upper story of his museum, in which he has congregated all the images of horror that his fertile fancy could devise; dwarfs that by machinery grow into giants before the eyes of the spectator; imps of ebony with eyes of flame; monstrous reptiles devouring youth and beauty; lakes of fire, and mountains of ice; in short, wax, paint and springs have done wonders. Domestic Manners of the Americans
Its stock markets, which were introduced on an experimental basis in the early l990s, are in their infancy.
No fancy bass drumming, just giving it some wellie.
Please note that you cannot drive around Loch Katrine, but if you fancy a long country stroll, you can ramble right round the perimeter, and I doubt if there is a lovelier walk anywhere in Britain.
There is a babysitting service for parents who fancy a night out. The Sun
It's a cruel twist of fate that, when you've taken the trouble to wear fancy pants, you're bound to wind up the night alone making cheese on toast and chipping limescale off the toilet bowl.
If you fancy a bit of camogie, or women's shinty, to keep you active over the winter, this friendly club will be delighted to welcome you to the fold.
She remained in the hall, which to her simply fancy seemed to be the guest-room -- the show-place wherein were arrayed all the household treasures with the frank purpose of parade and dazzlement. THE STORY OF JEES UCK
Toltecs is merely an euhemerized myth, and they are as pure creations of the fancy as the giants and fairies of mediæval romance. The Annals of the Cakchiquels
Buying luxury goods, conversely, tends to be an endless cycle of one-upmanship, in which the neighbors have a fancy new car and — bingo! — now you want one, too, scholars say.
Satellite and wireless Internet access are still in their infancy, and need years to develop.
I really fancy my guests having a right good old toast to my memory.
Thou art in mourning now, as well as I: but if ever thy ridiculous turn lead thee again to be beau-brocade, I will bedizen thee, as the girls say, on my return, to my own fancy, and according to thy own natural appearance — Thou shalt doctor my soul, and I will doctor thy body: thou shalt see what a clever fellow I will make of thee. Clarissa Harlowe
The melody flows or soars like the song of a bird, because it is the free expression, not of musical fantasy, as such (the unconscious play of tonal fancy), but the flow of _melody_, _song_, the soaring of spirit in some one particular direction, floating upon buoyant pinions, and in directions well conceived and sure. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
Progress in the understanding of sensory and perceptual processes in early infancy. The Developing Child (7th edn.)
The "hidden hand' and " fancy footwork' exercised an enduring fascination for him. THE GUARDSMEN
However, hand on heart, even if you are a top dressage rider, can you really justify the fancy dress?
Negotiating a deal can take some fancy footwork .
We recommend using an easy-to-read font for the majority of your text, but fancy fonts can be used for headings and subheadings.
Toy, Embroidery Printing Fancy Goods , Stationery , Teaching Tools for Kids , Craft Bag, Hat.
They had seemed so masculine and imposing, with their crisp waistcoats, elegant tailcoats, and fancy neck cloths.
To her, in these days of imminent dismay, my thoughts flew out as to a fair protecting saint; until the inspiration of her visionary presence wrought in my fancy with such a dramaturgic power, that I seemed to walk daily with her, and to know all those delicate and sweet propinquities by which liking passes into affection and affection is glorified into love. Apologia Diffidentis
My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!
You are a bellboy in a fancy hotel.
If you want to get really fancy, sprinkle them with sugar and lime zest or slivered mint or basil when they come off the grill. The Big Grill
The best and brightest earned fat signing bonuses, big salaries, and fancy perks.
This "foppery" of Shakespeare's day had, then, its really delightful side, a quality in no sense "affected," by which it satisfies a real instinct in our minds -- the fancy so many of us have for an exquisite and curious skill in the use of words. Appreciations, with an Essay on Style
I thus associate the compact world of the admirable hill-top, the world of a predominant golden-brown, with a general invocation of sensibility and fancy, and think of myself as going forth into the lingering light of summer evenings all attuned to intensity of the idea of compositional beauty, or in other words, freely speaking, to the question of colour, to intensity of picture. Italian Hours
The New Yorker essayist George Plimpton also remembered that invasion of the Harlem peacocks in their enormous purple Cadillacs: "I'd never seen crowds as fancy, especially the men – felt hatbands and feathered capes, and the stilted shoes, the heels like polished ebony, and many smoking stuff in odd meerschaum pipes. The night Muhammad Ali's legend was reborn – and the party that followed
Journalists fancy themselves to be skeptics and contrarians.
People learn to make visual sense of faces and other items of interest, often during infancy and early childhood but sometimes over much longer periods.
The other week she tried to add up what she has spent on drink, fancy shoes, CDs and other non-essentials in the past five years.
There is always something at that marsh but I had a special fancy for an early cuckoo. Times, Sunday Times
For me, I wouldn't want any fancy-schmancy second-guessing by so-called "ethicists" whose ethics I might not share anyway, and certainly not by religious types, but would want simple help in ending my misery. Too Annoying!
This isn't what ‘ineffable’ means: she's using it as a fancy periphrasis for ‘unspeakable’, but its orientation is exactly the opposite.
How do we picture a new age of genetic manipulation, of cloning, of cybernetics, a literal synergy between computing and biology, particularly when these are still in their infancy?
He liked to watch the swans and the geese in the big pond with the fancy arched bridge and the little gazebo.
And the weather forecast is promising - now, what do you fancy?
`The fancy term for pre-Columbian travel to and from other continents is diffusionism. INCA GOLD
Since then, Jill has progressed to fancy restaurants, the real desirables, the ones where rich people take their rich spouses to eat rich delicacies.
With no fancy graphic interfaces or elaborate designs, a user simply connects to a server using a MOO client program or telnet, logs in and begins interacting within the environment.
Too far," says I, for like Tom I didn't fancy taking hedges on wettish country with the light starting to fail. Royal Flash
The range of fancy sandwiches, soups and salads is fantastic, but save room for the house speciality pound cake. Times, Sunday Times
Few pundits could resist comparing high dotcom stock prices to the historic craze for fancy flowers.
Why feel so guilty about a feeling that remains a mere fancy, harmlessly stashed away in your brain?
End user attitudes to seldom offered spyware screening services from ISPs mirror attitudes to spam filtering when such services were in their infancy four or five years ago.
On the spur of the moment, they decided to hold a fancy dress party.
A hardened, recalcitrant vegetarian, he didn't fancy either of the main course options open to him and asked instead for the fillet of halibut to be deep-fried and presented with a minted pea purée.
Fancy the high resolution of Ultra HD but not the price? The Sun
To die in childhood or infancy is to be deprived of a natural life span; such a death makes one's life a stunted and unshapely affair.
What this is this is an illness that's called adenovirus, which is a fancy way of saying the common cold virus. CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2007
Both have, however, one common ground on which they become indistinguishable, -- that region of the supernatural which is most primitive and most vague; and the closest relation between the savage and the civilized fancy may be found in the fears which we call childish, -- of darkness, shadows, and things dreamed. Two Years in the French West Indies
You might fancy her in red lace, but is it really what she wants? Take a look in her knicker drawer when the moment is right and see what she buys for herself.
The fancy labels sound sophisticated, but something has always told me they're reasonless.
Inveraray for some time; so that it was probable we should be there as soon as he: however, I did not undeceive my friend, but suffered him to enjoy his fancy. Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Fancy a new home in an old favourite? Times, Sunday Times
Miss Lackey's definition of 'abused' is so broad that any reader who had parents can fancy they were eligible to be whisked off to Elfland. Archive 2007-10-01
I like park italian gourmet on 45th …. plain jane sandwich … not all that fancy cer te crap. Virgil’s Makes the Best Sandwich in Midtown!? | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan
And small blame to it," said the doctor, and went on: "It's a well-made thick head you have, and it's tough you are, my son, not to be killed entirely by such a whack as you got on your brain-box -- to say nothing of your fancy for trying to cure it hydropathically by taking it into the sea with you when you were for crossing the In the Sargasso Sea A Novel
Spinach and fancy cabbages like crinkled-leaf savoy were also popular, as were specialty corns, such as popping corn.
Certainly, the widespread predilection for the fancy and frivolous has its roots in decades of drab socialist conformity.
Just fancy, I'd begin with a clear leap over that chief's head -- the one there wi 'the feathers an' the long nose that's makin 'such hideous faces -- then away up the glen, over the stones, down the hollows, shoutin' like mad, an 'clearin' the brooks and precipices with a band o 'yellin' Redskins at my tail! Twice Bought
When he is not holding forth on the finer points of politics or theatre, he is prone to flights of huge, silly fancy. Times, Sunday Times
‘The emphasis this year will be on fancy dress and having fun as opposed to winning,’ said Tim.
They were decorated with fancy napkins and tablecloths.
Fashion designs are full of romantic ideas such as fancy flowers, cozy colour prints, ethnic embroidery and clashing geometric patterns.
The pair had both been introduced as substitutes with the game still in its infancy as a result of injuries. Times, Sunday Times
Take her out for a candlelit dinner in a fancy restaurant.

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