dreamy abstraction

Example Sentences

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He lay back upon his couch with a dreamy abstraction in his gaze.

From French and English A Story of the Struggle in America by Everett-Green, Evelyn

She ate her dinner in dreamy abstraction, her thoughts on Mac and the enticing prospects he had held out.

From Calvary Alley by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

Again she could be steeped in a dreamy abstraction or alive with a pagan joy of life.

From The Net by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

"Oh, no!" replied the girl, with a certain dreamy abstraction.

From Dr. Breen's Practice by Howells, William Dean

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.