fancy-free

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fancy-free Savoring that freshly churned treat is my last-ditch effort to make the footloose and fancy-free feelings of our salty, sandy beach vacation linger just a little longer. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 June 2025 Read the full Taurus Daily Horoscope Gemini (May 21 - June 21) Feeling light as a feather and fancy-free? USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancy-free
Adjective
  • Keaton had a pretty strong stance on staying unmarried, stemming from a moment in her childhood.
    Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The city’s ethics code prohibits conflicts of interest among certain parties, but does not address romantic relationships among unmarried couples.
    IndyStar, IndyStar, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This attempt to revisit the type of fanciful, footloose and fancy-twee storytelling that helped characterize that cultural moment is a big swing, and an even bigger miss.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But sis, this vacation is your time to let go of all those titles and lean into being footloose and carefree.
    Brittany Vickers, Essence, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Now Danny Rohl — unattached after quitting Sheffield Wednesday — has dropped out of contention too.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Pheelz has a way of using unattached vocals to enhance his baseline production that provides additional melody — even to someone like Fireboy who seems to ooze ear worm vocal hooks.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The line was a reference to Bristol, who at the time was an unwed mother.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
  • His birth mom was an unwed teenager in New York City during World War II who had to give him up for adoption.
    Martine Paris, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Fancy-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy-free. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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