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
Bud started out next day with three different samples for the assayer, and an air castle or two to keep him company.
From Cabin Fever by Bower, B. M.
However, he was very careful not to address Evelyn particularly again, but that one little episode had been sufficient for the girl to build another air castle upon.
From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Brett, Harold M.
While Platon was reading the letter Petka gazed dreamily out of the window and built, not an air castle, but a large grocery store, with showy windows.
From Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy by Militia of Mercy (U.S.). Gift Book Committee
“I could not possibly like anything better,” replied Herbert, “but it seems too good to be true—more like an air castle than a fact.”
From The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street by Munsey, Frank Andrew
