fanciness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanciness
Noun
  • Mansions are fascinating, oozing with extravagant opulence or dripping with Southern charm and magnificent splendor, like the plantation homes in the South.
    Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Still, society’s craving for opulence, though never again as acute as under the Second Empire, proved surprisingly durable.
    Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Outside of dining and drinking, passengers will find even more extravagance in the superyacht.
    Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Activists in Venice, Italy, are protesting the upcoming destination wedding of tech billionaire Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sánchez, as reports of the event's extreme extravagance divide the city.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Trump and his supporters prefer a happy history, a pleasant history that arouses patriotism by overlooking disagreeable people and despicable events that sully the nation’s reputation and mar the magnificence of the American story.
    William C. Hine, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
  • The cover image for that album shows her in ¾ profile, hair sculpted into Elsa Lancaster, Bride of Frankenstein magnificence.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Told by one of the firm’s senior partners to add ornamentation to the design for a pyramid atop an office building, Wells flatly refused.
    Henry Wiencek July 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
  • That is, minimal ornamentation with an emphasis on modern materials which made construction less expensive.
    Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • These adornments, notably in creams and black, iterate on the overarching theme of personality dressing for the season, while still appealing to minimalists who’ve outgrown the ultra simplicity of quiet luxury.
    Madeline Fass, Vogue, 31 July 2025
  • Shea Diamond’s makeup is a delightful blend of colorful, dreamy and playful —every hair adornment, rhinestone and winged liner stroke declaring power, visibility, and femme brilliance.
    Essence, Essence, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Halloween decorations are rolling out, and the holiday season—the most critical stretch of the year for countless businesses—is on the minds of decision-makers.
    Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • As for what's worth having on your radar: The Home Depot's iconic Skelly Halloween decoration is back in stock and (unsurprisingly) selling fast.
    Kyley Warren, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance?
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • But the Elysian Bar did them one better, augmenting the oysters’ natural luxuriance with thin slices of kumquat and a measured gush of chile-spiked citrus.
    Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 22 Dec. 2020
Noun
  • This compact blade performed beautifully in our tests, easily tackling peeling, coring, and trimming tasks.
    Olivia Tarantino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 July 2025
  • Many of those nuts-and-bolts ward-level services like trash pickup, tree trimming and pothole repair are now centralized through citywide street grid planning and the 311 service request system.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
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“Fanciness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanciness. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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