castle in the air

Example Sentences

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Fittingly for a boy in a centuries-old town in what was then Communist East Germany, his was no ordinary castle in the air.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2014

His face and eyes shine as he hurries towards his doom, blinded by a beautiful delusion, his own personal castle in the air.

From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2010

“Now that castle in the air has a foundation underneath it and is becoming an impending reality.”

From Washington Post

To a certain extent the pact is still a castle in the air and the Assembly of the League is going to build up the foundations to support this castle.

From Time Magazine Archive

I do talk about “after the war,” but it’s as if I were talking about a castle in the air, something that can never come true.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank