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A figment is something formed from imaginary elements. Daydreams are figments; nightmares are figments that can seem very real. Most figments are everyday fears and hopes about small things that turn out to be imaginary. But when the radio play "The War of the Worlds" aired in 1938, it caused a panic among thousands of people who didn't realize the Martian invasion was just a figment of the author's imagination.
Examples of figment in a Sentence
unable to find any tracks in the snow the next morning, I was forced to conclude that the shadowy figure had been a figment of my imagination
thus far, the invisible human being has been nothing more than a figment of fantasy writers
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Making matters worse is the fact that her traumas manifest in the shape of her deceased best friend Zoe (Morales) who often shows up as a figment of her imagination.
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Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2025
And with great fondness for Firth, who turns up as a wistful figment in a handful of scenes, this tragedy is the best thing that could have happened to the franchise.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
Ingrid exists only as a figment in the imagination of Luis Molina (Tonatiuh), a gay prisoner in politically fraught 1983 Argentina, who recounts to his cellmate Valentin (Diego Luna) the plot of a movie starring her as Aurora.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
But her positive influence isn’t just a figment of the Bills’ imagination.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2025
And with great fondness for Firth, who turns up as a wistful figment in a handful of scenes, this tragedy is the best thing that could have happened to the franchise.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
Ingrid exists only as a figment in the imagination of Luis Molina (Tonatiuh), a gay prisoner in politically fraught 1983 Argentina, who recounts to his cellmate Valentin (Diego Luna) the plot of a movie starring her as Aurora.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
But her positive influence isn’t just a figment of the Bills’ imagination.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for figment
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“Figment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figment. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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figment
noun
fig·ment
ˈfig-mənt 
: something imagined or made up
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