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How to use fancier in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Fancier means one who fancies; a person with a special interest, attraction or liking for something. Example: “She's definitely a cat fancier: she has nine of them in her home and the walls are covered with pictures of more.”

Examples of fancier by meaning

nounOne who fancies; a person with a special interest, attraction or liking for something.

  • She's definitely a cat fancier: she has nine of them in her home and the walls are covered with pictures of more.
  • Even so, most lily fanciers would rather have a colony of goldbands than any other species or hybrids in existence.1956, Popular Gardening and Living Outdoors, volume 7, page 59

More sentences with fancier

  • The editor ornamented his plain writing, making it fancier but less clear.From the entry ornament
  • Each of the pigeon fanciers released a homer at the same time.From the entry homer
  • Do you think he would get as much bang for the buck out of a fancier, more expensive car?From the entry bang for the buck
  • The flowers look like smaller, fancier versions of the familiar vining morning-glories.2001, Anne Halpin, “Convolvulus tricolor: Dwarf morning-glory”, in Annuals, Perennials & Bulbs, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Creative…. From the entry dwarf morning-glory
  • The fancier deep-dish versions of kugel resembled bread puddings and were made almost exclusively for Chanukah.1999, William Woys Weaver, “Medieval Recipes in the Polish Style”, in Maria Dembińska, translated by Magdalena Thomas, edited by William…. From the entry kugel
  • The most interesting thing to the "chicken fanciers"—and the thirsty also—was an ice cream parlor in Morrison.1919, The Mines Magazine, page 99. From the entry thirsty
  • It’s fancier than anything I’ve ever eaten before.2021 May 4, Tashie Bhuiyan, “T-Minus 10 Days”, in Counting Down with You, Toronto, Ont.: Inkyard Press, →ISBN, part 3 (Inferno). From the entry bone apple teeth
  • And they can also live in a bigger house and drive something a little fancier than a Chevy or a Ford.2001, Bernard Goldberg, Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes how the Media Distort the News, page 174. From the entry ford
  • Gillian sounds so much fancier." "Fancy?" Terrence said.1994, Floyd Skloot, Summer Blue, Story Line Press,, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry jill
  • A Westie fancier, Colonel Edward Malcolm, is said to have had a reddish-colored dog who was shot by hunters who mistook the dog for a fox.2007, Liz Palika, The Howell Book of Dogs, page 383. From the entry westie
  • However it was, he must have seen it just in time and shot to kill — there could have been no time to indulge in any fancier gunwork.1982, Alistair Maclean, Athabasca, page 144. From the entry gunwork
  • The poultry industry has shown rapid, solid growth during the past few years not only commercially but also "fancierly" — if I may adverbize the noun fancier.1947, New England Poultry Review. From the entry adverbize

Meaning of fancier

  1. noun One who fancies; a person with a special interest, attraction or liking for something.
  2. noun A person who breeds or grows a particular animal or plant for points of excellence.
  3. noun One who fancies or imagines.

Full definition of fancier

Questions about fancier in a sentence

How do you use fancier in a sentence?
Fancier is used as a noun. For example: “She's definitely a cat fancier: she has nine of them in her home and the walls are covered with pictures of more.”
What is a short sentence with fancier?
“Gillian sounds so much fancier." "Fancy?" Terrence said.”
What does fancier mean?
Fancier means one who fancies; a person with a special interest, attraction or liking for something.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fancier (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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