dreamy abstraction

Example Sentences

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There was a tone of impatience in her voice, which Tournier, however, noticed not, but passed from his former eagerness of manner into a sort of dreamy abstraction, as if talking to himself.

From The French Prisoners of Norman Cross A Tale by Brown, Arthur, Rev.

For a greater part of the morning Mr. Howland sat musing at his desk, in a kind of dreamy abstraction.

From The Iron Rule Or, Tyranny in the Household by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

Phil became aware that a sort of dreamy abstraction was creeping over her, when in upon this mood came a sound which stimulated her weakening powers of resistance.

From Fire-Tongue by Rohmer, Sax

She even spoke of sealed wives in a kind of dreamy abstraction.

From The Rainbow Trail by Grey, Zane

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