Dessert service, however, remains French, the better to show off the pastry chef's fanciful creations.

He wished he could dismiss the gryphons as more fanciful creations, but there were others who had seen them as well as the agent.

My guess would be that he did not, judging from his fanciful creation.

Serrault gives a superb comic performance - his Albin is a wildly fanciful creation.

The plates are splashed with color, then the fanciful creations go into the dining room, turning heads as they pass.

He has become widely known for his fanciful creations made from scrap metal and other materials.

Or were the larger-than-life characters of the Iliad merely the fanciful creations of a romantic bard?

Among the 50 fanciful creations are a pair of gloves with reptilelike scales and a necklace of creepy metal insects.

Among other fanciful creations are the ceramic heads of characters from the Sicilian puppet theater, which can be used as flower vases or plant holders.

On the other hand, Ms. Buff said, the man could be a "fanciful creation."