dreamy abstraction

Example Sentences

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But presently she was back once more, this time with the tablecloth, which she proceeded to spread, though still lost in dreamy abstraction.

From The Definite Object A Romance of New York by Farnol, Jeffery

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

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

From The Net by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

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.

Be this as it may, Bladud had not been long seated there in a state of dreamy abstraction, when he became conscious of the inquiring look.

From The Hot Swamp by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)