air castle

Example Sentences

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Was it an "air castle," or was it "a Turkish Babel?" asked the wags.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another crisis in his life came a year after the downfall of his air castle, and just as the south was preparing to enter upon her fatal struggle.

From Sons and Fathers by Edwards, Harry Stillwell

But he did not, because chance threw him a bit of solid material on which to rebuild his air castle for Helen May.

From Starr, of the Desert by Bower, B. M.

She had fancied a little house in a suburb, or a cosy apartment in the city, and a lump came into her throat as her air castle dissolved into utter ruin.

From At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern by Reed, Myrtle

But the walls of his air castle began to grow more solid.

From Doubloons—and the Girl by Forbes, John Maxwell