How to Use fantastic in a Sentence

fantastic

1 of 2 adjective
  • The train runs at fantastic speeds.
  • If it can be built in-house, fantastic.
    Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • End the week right with these fantastic deals!
    George Yang, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
  • This year has been fantastic — so far.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
  • To have songs of mine recorded by them was just fantastic.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Here many of the signals are mixed — but the vibes are fantastic.
    Alex Travelli, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Many thanks to Zach, who’s been fantastic on the beat this year.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The hard part is choosing which one of these fantastic desserts to make.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The food was fantastic — prime rib was a favorite!
    Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
  • And every year, there are some fantastic new films.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Steve showed up in fantastic shape, which surprised me.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The bits along the edge of the cake that were baked were fantastic, but most of it had to be thrown oout.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Erin’s doing so well, the show is fantastic.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • So the fantastic part of being able to make this film is to have the chance to work with them.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Daniel Day-Lewis is fantastic in it.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • He's got a fantastic slider and is still working on that change-up.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 10 June 2023
  • Talk about getting a high school career off to a fantastic start.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
  • It's also sold as a frozen puree, which is fantastic for soups and pasta sauces.
    Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
  • So if the actors aren’t fantastic, the movie is going to sink or swim based on that.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The freaking beat to that song is fantastic and that’s right up my alley, so well done.
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The freaking beat to that song is fantastic and that's right up my alley, so well done.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Not quite a full mountain-bike-type setup, but fantastic for grip on and off road.
    New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
  • To hold our own against some of the best players of all time — what a fantastic achievement.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • And even David Marks came back and was part of the fold, which is fantastic.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The good news is the speech has gotten fantastic reviews.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The viewfinder looks fantastic for framing, and the menus don’t fight you.
    PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The stories in here are fantastic.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Her squash and potatoes were fantastic.
    Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Season one is fantastic, season two can’t come soon enough.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Well, don’t put those shoes back in your backpack without putting them in these fantastic shoe bags.
    Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025

fantastic

2 of 2 noun
  • Let’s trip the light fantastic.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Camille and Mindy want to go to this fantastic-sounding house party.
    Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The ability to trip the light fantastic must transfer through the feet instead.
    Megan Ryan, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
  • This installation gestures more toward the fantastic with a few hints of flight.
    New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
  • On the other hand, Joyn is doing fantastic, with 30% growth for users and usage.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
  • So first of all, María Corina Machado's fantastic.
    NBC news, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Neil Gaiman first became widely known for his marvelous Sandman graphic novels, each a tour de force of the shadowy fantastic.
    Bill Tipper, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
  • While not explicitly mimicking their moves, from scuttling to pounces the choreography does have a vigor that drives friendly and fierce moves into the fantastic.
    Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But the reading of Ti’s last wishes sets Josie on a journey to learn her mother’s history, to encounter the fantastic, to discover herself and her own power — and to fight.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Of course, the speculative, the surreal, the fantastic has always lent itself to intense, often other-wordly experiences of grief and upheaval.
    Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • At Cincinnati Storytelling Festival, local professionals will share their tales, ranging from the fantastic to the spooky.
    Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2025
  • While the city boasts several fantastics art or history museums, priority should be given to this special place, which houses a mind-blowing collection of artifacts from the many peoples of Central and South America.
    Kaitlin Menza, Town & Country, 20 Sep. 2019

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