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
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
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.
If his daughter should be like himself if she should ruin his hopes, throw down the air castle he had built—should love unworthily, marry beneath her, deceive and disappoint him!
From Dora Thorne by Brame, Charlotte M.
