Sentence examples for the figment from inspiring English sources
noun
A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
Nothing more than the figment of an earnest policeman's imagination.
The ATT is not the figment of liberal imagination.
Garnett's flaws were not the figment of a native speaker's snobbery.
Still, "she has physics," Mr. Rogow said of the figment of real Lizzie's imagination.
Vocally and dramatically he is wonderfully matched by Nora Cole as the figment of his imagination.
But it seems clear that abusive shorting is not just the figment of a few executives' imaginations.
Policemen — courteous, overweight, and menacing — and bicycles figure prominently among the figments of "The Third Policeman".
Those sorts of characters are far funnier than the figments of Rubinstein's imagination.
[#unhandled_cartoon] Policemen — courteous, overweight, and menacing — and bicycles figure prominently among the figments of "The Third Policeman".
The "Happy Days -era courtship rules were the proDays -era specourtshipe and place, and theirulesative normality and universality are the figments of nostalgic imagination.
In an op-ed piece on the Fox News Web site, he argued that "one doesn't have to look far to find instances of fraudulent ballots cast in actual elections by 'voters' who were the figments of active imaginations".
