dreamy abstraction
Example Sentences
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The figures are absorbed in their own thoughts; they stand isolated apart, as though the painter wishes to intensify the mood of dreamy abstraction.
From Giorgione by Cook, Herbert
Horace hardly dared to meet Beevor's eyes, which were fixed upon the green-turbaned Jinnee, as he stood apart in dreamy abstraction, smiling placidly to himself.
From The Brass Bottle by Anstey, F.
He was a rawboned Slav with a pale face, high cheek bones, and large brown eyes, holding within their somber depths an expression of thoughtful, dreamy abstraction.
From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Street, Julian
The Gentleman-in-Powder became lost in dreamy abstraction, with the exception of his legs which worked slightly.
From The Amateur Gentleman by Farnol, Jeffery
Again she could be steeped in a dreamy abstraction or alive with a pagan joy of life.
From The Net by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
