Sentence examples for needlessly fancy from inspiring English sources

Then there's Fischer's sense of literary style, his cutesy, lazy habit of enlivening his prose by the use or archly deliberate misuse of needlessly fancy locutions: "bailed out of the womb," "a tough [predicament] to mendacity out".

Going back a bit, H.W. Fowler didn't like "feasible" in the first place (considering it needlessly fancy in his 1926 "Modern English Usaage"), but the Concise Oxford Dictionary (1911) that he co-edited lists "unfeasible" (not "infeasible").So experts disagree and for once, the OED seems to be wrong.

It is a subtle signal that beckons: "Co-workers are gathering for a break -- would you like to join in?" Meeting Pot may sound like a needlessly fancy alternative to poking your head into cubicles and asking who wants to hang out in the coffee room, but the purpose of Dr. Siio's research is more than fanciful.

Mita obviously still fancies him, being needlessly rude to him all the time, but has no intention of endangering her marriage.

Young children are not bothered by fancy brand names and needlessly expensive items so don't spend money on overpriced merchandise.

Needlessly provocative?

This is needlessly complicated.

Then, shyly, needlessly, "Housekeeping".

They worry needlessly.

They worried needlessly.

But needlessly complicated.