How to Use fantasyland in a Sentence

fantasyland

noun
  • Now, even still, like the pros seemed like such a fantasyland, right?
    Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Taxing the rich is not the only source of false savings to fund a far-left fantasyland.
    Brian Riedl, National Review, 4 Sep. 2020
  • So much of the show is built in a fantasyland with dates that end in fireworks and free diamond rings.
    Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • No, the Frick is now and always has been about pleasure, a fantasyland for old-master purists.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Instead, a local plumber and his wife bought the crumbling fantasyland in 1999.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2019
  • With so many pieces that can make everything from pirate ships to castles, your child can build a complete fantasyland by the end of their playtime.
    Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2022
  • But half of America is on a mission to re-create a fantasyland that never was.
    Michael Harriot, The Root, 22 Feb. 2018
  • There is no love lost there, which would probably rule out working at a place like Newsmax, which is a kind of Trump-the-all-powerful fantasyland.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Float off into the ether of your beautiful fantasyland happiness and just leave me alone, please.
    Lia Beck, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
  • At present, the people spending our money are stuck in a fantasyland in which there are no costs, only benefits.
    Barton Swaim, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Its decor aims to mimic a regal fantasyland, and has many accents handpicked from around the world by the owners — like tapestries from Dubai and tile from Europe.
    Taylor Murphy, House Beautiful, 22 July 2015
  • Her kit — which is filled with every shape and color of sequin imaginable (and then some), chunky gems, and smiley faces made of polymer clay — is like a portal to a quirky fantasyland.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 3 May 2021
  • On this Monday in February, they have been plucked from their grungy fantasyland and dropped into a rented film studio in South Brooklyn.
    New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Maybe a few episodes of friends hurting friends’ feelings over football stats will tackle them out of their fantasyland and back into reality.
    Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Dec. 2021
  • The deal, at least in the Obama administration’s fantasyland, wasn’t just a nuclear deal.
    David French, National Review, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The carvings depict gnomes, dragons and other creatures, turning the park into a fantasyland.
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 13 Feb. 2022
  • With the death of Hefner, future plans for his famed fantasyland — which includes the mansion, a private zoo, a grotto, an expansive pool and tennis courts — remain unclear.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2017
  • This only shuts out unwelcome truths and aids the state’s residency in fantasyland.
    Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 15 May 2018
  • This glacial fantasyland has never registered as a foodie hot spot.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2022
  • What seemed like a nightly trip into fantasyland starts to feel like a prison of the mind for the mentally fragile Ellie, as Sandie’s reality begins bleeding into her own.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Like the nuclear/renewable swap, this is for people living in fantasyland.
    Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2012
  • The fantasyland of mollusk bushes, flowers and cactus-like spires has been written up in newspapers, magazines and sightseeing brochures over the years as one of the most unusual U.S. gardens.
    Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The forthcoming Italian food fantasyland serves up pasta, wine, workshops, rides—and adult-sized tricycles.
    Katherine Lagrave, CNT, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Time was when readers not inclined to dabble in that particular fantasyland could write it off as her imagination, or even her conscience.
    Roberta Alexander, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2017
  • But the notion that the United States is a libertarian fantasyland is itself a fantasy.
    Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Apparently, a bad reputation is as tough to shake in fantasyland as anywhere else.
    BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Still, it’s fantasyland to think that higher corporate profits will mean higher wages or benefits for the American worker.
    William D. Cohan, The Hive, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Where to Escape Las Vegas prides itself on being one all-inclusive, escapist fantasyland; whatever happens there isn’t meant to follow you home.
    Marley Marius, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2018
  • My favorite thing about even the most uneven Sonic games has been the memorable, weird environments, whether Sonic is in a surreal fantasyland or being chased down San Francisco-like hills.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 14 June 2022
  • For Frishman, the pictures returned from Juno’s mission over Jupiter—showing a fantasyland of jets and tornadoes swirling like cream poured into the solar system’s largest coffee—are a driving influence.
    Joshua Sokol, WIRED, 7 July 2018

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