Fancied

The oil companies and speculators won "big time," to use a phrase fancied by one famous administration official early on. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ala al-Din fancied that the Caliph was jesting with him; but, on the morrow, the King went in to Kut al-Kulub and said to her, I have given thee to Ala Al – Din, whereat she rejoiced, for she had seen and loved him. ❋ Unknown (2006)

When he roused himself from his thoughtful quest, he fancied from the turn of the hand, and its situation in reference to himself, that the Unseen Eyes were looking at him keenly. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The Confederate leader, General Johnston, therefore determined to creep up stealthily, and attack the Federals where they lay in fancied security. ❋ Henrietta Elizabeth (1917)

There Louis XVI. 's brothers were living in fancied security surrounded by their pigmy court - a court as full of etiquette and ceremonial as that of the Grand Monarque himself! ❋ Unknown (1904)

Some were crying, some laughing aloud some groaning and howling and some holding forth in fancied exhortations. ❋ Unknown (1888)

He then briefly unfolded to the eagerly listening Bruce (whose aspiring spirit, inflamed by the fervor of youth, and winged by natural courage, saw the glory alone of the enterprise), an attack which he meant to make on the camp of Edward, while his victorious troops slept in fancied security. ❋ Unknown (1875)

She was cowering over the fire — her head sunk in her hands, so crouching, that the line of neck and shoulders instantly conveyed to Fleda the idea of fancied or felt degradation — there was no escaping it — how, whence, what, was all wild confusion. ❋ Susan Warner (1852)

She was _cowering_ over the fire, -- her head sunk in her hands, so crouching, that the line of neck and shoulders instantly conveyed to Fleda the idea of fancied or felt degradation -- there was no escaping it -- how, whence, what, was all wild confusion. ❋ Susan Warner (1852)

It might have been fancied, just from looking at the group, that Verena's vocation was to smile and talk with young men who bent towards her; might have been fancied, that is, by a person less sure of the contrary than Olive, who had reason to know that a "gifted being" is sent into the world for a very different purpose, and that making the time pass pleasantly for conceited young men is the last duty you are bound to think of if you happen to have a talent for embodying a cause. ❋ Henry James (1879)

She ends up apparently saying that women are happiest when they are "fancied" by more than one man. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Note "fancied" in the entry - clearly the dictionary doesn't agree! ❋ Carla (2007)

The results are not encouraging - not least because I've always kind of fancied writing one myself. ❋ Jessica (2005)

Mr. Hall's third-floor closet didn't have much in it, just a couple of suits, the pinstripe and a tan summer suit that I kind of fancied because it had a belt in the back. ❋ Unknown (2005)

He was always preferable to the groundskeeper, I wasn't sure if he "fancied" me. ❋ Lazarus (2003)

Inglis says that his servant "fancied" that he had seen something like wings on these -- whatever they were. ❋ Charles Fort (N/A)

The flood of sunlight caught them, showed up the worn and shabby places in his suit of broadcloth, gleamed on her bursting shoes she "fancied" for her kitchen work. ❋ Algernon Blackwood (1910)

I felt sorry for Emily and kind of fancied I hadn't been so thoughtful of her as I might; and besides, I wondered if the ministers would think that Ginger had learned his vocabulary from me. ❋ Unknown (1909)