fancied

past tense of fancy

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fancied Wales' women went into the World Cup with a higher ranking than Scotland but have now dropped to 10th and are underdogs against Canada, needing victory to save their tournament as Scotland are fancied to beat outsiders Fiji in Saturday's second game at the Salford Community Stadium. Mark Gleeson, Reuters, 29 Aug. 2025 Trump's first term was plagued by internal sabotage from bureaucrats and agency officers who fancied themselves a coequal branch of government. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 Chelsea and Aston Villa assets were highly fancied going into Gameweek 1, with a large proportion of managers opting to double-up on their players. Holly Shand, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025 OceanGate co-founder and CEO Stockton Rush fancied himself an adventurer, visionary and MacGyver-esque experimenter. Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancied
Verb
  • Butler never imagined Zimmerer – a typically non-spontaneous person – would drop everything to book a flight and travel more than 1,500 miles from Nebraska to be there.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Longo is known for his photorealistic paintings and drawings, but many of his works are an amalgamation of images real, imagined, and tweaked.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The enticing breakfast spread includes French toast, eggs, and oatmeal and can be enjoyed in the dining room or on the patio.
    Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
  • OpenAI and the Big Tech players have enjoyed a good head start with their respective foundation AI models, while Beijing has long considered AI a strategic priority.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The trees were cut down, sawed in half, hollowed out and tied back together for the musicians to use.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Fanatics shared the moment Tennessee Titans first overall pick, quarterback Cam Ward, saw Brady pop up on the screen to give him some wise words.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Alonso would have liked to have made more signings this summer, with strengthening in midfield an obvious target.
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That post has been liked over 26,000 times at the time of publication.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Founders envisioned a Nation in which religious voices and views are integral to a vibrant public square and human flourishing and in which religious people and institutions are free to practice their faith without fear of discrimination or hostility from the Government.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Wharton envisioned gardens as architectural compositions just like houses and structures, in a series of outdoor rooms that elegantly co-exist with the natural landscape.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With 254,000 followers on Instagram, Bambi is well-loved by her online community—something that gives her owner joy.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • There were people who loved it, and people who absolutely hated it — most especially [former New York Observer critic] Rex Reed.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Native Americans, early settlers, some of our Founding Fathers and today’s small-town folk have harvested and relished pawpaws on sunny fall days.
    John Vukmirovich, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For another, Modi would not have relished having to rub shoulders with many of the other attendees, such as Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan; the latter was recently denounced by New Delhi for taking sides with Islamabad during the India-Pakistan mini war in February.
    Bobby Ghosh, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Caudill once dreamed of playing college basketball.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The first National Conservatism conferences drew students and intellectuals who felt marginalized by the Republican Party and dreamed about taking power.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Fancied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancied. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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