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
And then, some day— There came the air castle again, floating alluringly before his eager imagination, like a mirage lake in the desert.
From Skyrider by Fischer, Anton Otto
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.
Helen's screams mingled in the pandemonium, for Helen had been brought hack from her romantic air castle with a rush.
From Peggy Stewart at School by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)
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
