dreamy abstraction
Example Sentences
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As the white outbuildings and irregular outlines of the "Summit House" began to be visible, Jeff felt a singular return of his former dreamy abstraction.
From Jeff Briggs's Love Story by Harte, Bret
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
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
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
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
