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
Moreover, to teach school had long been her secret ambition, the solid foundation of many an air castle.
From Rim o' the World by Fischer, Anton Otto
She built many an air castle for them as well as for herself, furnishing both, impartially, with Elaine’s old mahogany and the simple furniture Dick was making out of Uncle Ebeneezer’s relics.
From At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern by Reed, Myrtle
From the strong sweep and stroke and virile outline of a Brangwyn or the gnomesque possibilities of a Rackham, the great mountain softened to the ethereal air castle of a Parrish.
From Jungle Peace by Beebe, William
If your view is confirmed, our project will have been an air castle.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von
