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
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
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
He tried to put it out of his mind, but the captivating air castle would not down.
From Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England by Munn, Charles Clark
This was enough to cause nearly every one to look upon it as a bubble or air castle.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various
