How to Use fictitious in a Sentence

fictitious

adjective
  • The characters in the book are all fictitious.
  • She gave a fictitious address on the application.
  • The prize is fictitious; the fees paid by the victim to claim it are not.
    — The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
  • When the car was towed, it was found to have a fictitious license plate.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 18 July 2023
  • Boseman played the role of T'Challa, the king of the fictitious African nation Wakanda, in the film.
    — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The cards displayed the name and email address of a fictitious male.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 21 June 2019
  • The car the man was driving was also found to have fictitious plates.
    — cleveland, 13 May 2022
  • The places and events were real; the couple was fictitious.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Life in the fictitious Midwestern town of Genoa City lives on.
    — Marc Berman, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • And for a lot of these fictitious folks, their love of certain things are a defining trait.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Even though that was a fictitious death, because that didn’t happen in that way, as part of the show that hit me.
    — Noah Hurowitz, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The problem, says Haya, is that the tax bill on the fictitious sale would often swamp the income pulled in from writing the call.
    — William Baldwin, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The man was arrested, cited for the fictitious plates, and turned over to the BHPD.
    — cleveland, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Nargle is the latest in a long line of on-screen painters, both real and fictitious.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
  • She was advised about the headlight, and fictitious plates.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 12 Mar. 2022
  • But Simsbury is not Grover’s Corner, the fictitious town where Wilder’s play is set.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2022
  • But like the fictitious star of the beach-clearing blockblusters, George the great white shark also lurks close to land.
    — Brett Clarkson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Built in 1919, the Dutch Colonial-style home was a natural choice for the film, which takes place in the fictitious town of Springwood, Ohio.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Though the real-life White House is under fire these days, this fictitious one won’t be.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • While the the house is located in the fictitious town of Haddonfield, Ill. in the movie, in real life it can be found in Pasadena, Calif.
    — Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Lucy winds up time-traveling back to the film set of a fictitious 1947 flick, His Merry Wife!.
    — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Sharon Stone plays herself and talks about her (fictitious) acquaintance with Dylan in the course of the tour.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 June 2019
  • The island is featured in every film as the fictitious Isla Nublar, where the dinosaurs were brought back to life, bred, and roamed free.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023
  • Smith, who has a rap sheet spanning two coasts, initially gave a fictitious name, the source said.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Then the letter that spelled out the $10 deal — signed by a fictitious Richard Marks — appeared in mailboxes.
    — Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 16 June 2024
  • But what if the prospect isn’t spoofed or completely fictitious?
    — Itzik Kotler, Forbes, 5 July 2021
  • It was then found that the car was not registered and bore a fictitious Missouri license plate.
    — cleveland, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Sophia was living in the fictitious Shady Pines while the three younger women roomed together.
    — Jamie Gold, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • Officers of the court have a duty of candor to the court and an obligation not to file fictitious lawsuits that have no basis in fact or law.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The crucial notion is that generative AI at times produces fictitious commentary that has no grounding in facts.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025

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