Sentence examples for a fanciful term for from inspiring English sources
Expedition is a fanciful term for what was actually a comfortable ride in one of Siem Reap's numerous private taxis.
In 1964 Gell-Mann introduced the concept of quarks as a physical basis for the scheme, having adopted the fanciful term from a passage in James Joyce's novel Finnegans Wake.
And from Bronzino's protégé and adopted son, Alessandro Allori, comes a fanciful "Design for a Ceiling With the Ascension of Christ and Other Post-Passion Scenes".
Although Reve invented a fanciful background for himself as the Dutch-born child of Baltic-Russian refugees, he was in fact the son of a Dutch journalist.
This is admittedly a fanciful lede for a story about Parliamentary committees.
"Nodrog Doggo," the fanciful title of the dance, is a tribute to him, Nodrog being Gordon spelled backward; Doggo is a slang term for "in hiding".
A score beyond 150 looked a fanciful target at 74 for five, then 92 for six, and 101 for seven.
So, too, have leagues for other sports like basketball and football; for example, a fanciful new "time travel" campaign for the National Basketball Association features players like Steve Nash.
Mr. Ortega built a fanciful wooden playhouse there for the children that stands about six feet.
Genzken reconsidered 9/11 in "Ground Zero" (2008), a fanciful non-entry in a contest for proposed building designs for the site.
