fantasizes

present tense third-person singular of fantasize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fantasizes Denise has also been keeping secrets, chiefly about the manuscript for a novel she’s been banging out on a typewriter in the basement, one that happens to be about a woman who fantasizes about leaving her family behind for life in New York. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026 The busboy, Oscar, fantasizes about slathering honey over Kelce's bared chest as he is tied to a pole, leaving him to be eaten by a bear. — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 July 2026 In the weeks after learning about their Michelin status, Tina fantasizes about her new life as the Chef de cuisine with her husband beside her (played by the actor’s real-life husband David Zayas). — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 26 June 2026 Watching Moon and this better daughter, Stevie fantasizes about walking out of the store and vanishing. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026 The side marketed as soft increasingly fantasizes about confrontation, while the side marketed as hard seeks protection and paternal dominance. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026 Frenza fantasizes about her visit to the post office, scene after scene, with unbridled delight. — Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026 Each generation is accused of selling out true conservative principles in order to govern; a radical flank fantasizes about restoring the Party to those principles. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 Dartmouth will never be affected by the fundamental transformation of America that Campbell fantasizes will soon be devastating Winthrop, Holden and the rest of the towns. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantasizes
Verb
  • This film—which just made its Canadian debut at TIFF—imagines the Dostoevskys on their honeymoon.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The book imagines a dystopian American wasteland where pregnant women are surveilled and controlled.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Lucaj also envisions the store as a connection between New York and Paris café culture, and has partnered with nearby La Perle, commissioning a custom mural and creating a bespoke coffee experience as part of integrating into the neighborhood.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • After a period of over-the-limit warming, the new strategy envisions getting back below the limit by ending fossil fuel use and developing some kind of way to suck industries' carbon dioxide out of the air.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Surely, The New York Times suggests in its review of the book, Green sees himself in Juniper’s need to be taken seriously as an adult.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Naish looks at that long curved snout and sees an ibis, one of the wading birds with a slender downcurved bill.
    — Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Fantasizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantasizes. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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