Examples of fancy up in a Sentence
had fancied up his van so much that it was virtually a palace on wheels
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Here's another opportunity to fancy up a box of cake mix.
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Patricia S York, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
The Toronto International Film Festival was also a font of high-end timepieces, with celebrities fancying up their wrists for the red carpet.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025
The heightened vision of her in the supermarket, not quite lost but incongruously fancied up, hints at some of the more surreal moments ahead from Lin and cinematographer Zhang Jiahao.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
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Patricia S York, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
The Toronto International Film Festival was also a font of high-end timepieces, with celebrities fancying up their wrists for the red carpet.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025
The heightened vision of her in the supermarket, not quite lost but incongruously fancied up, hints at some of the more surreal moments ahead from Lin and cinematographer Zhang Jiahao.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
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“Fancy up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fancy%20up. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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