air castle
Example Sentences
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Was it an "air castle," or was it "a Turkish Babel?" asked the wags.
From Time Magazine Archive
I'm sorry to shatter your air castle," said Tom; "but for the life of me I can't see how it will work.
From Tom Swift and His Air Scout, or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
She built many an air castle for them as well as for herself, furnishing both, impartially, with Elaine’s old mahogany and the simple furniture Dick was making out of Uncle Ebeneezer’s relics.
From At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern by Reed, Myrtle
He felt again the weight of his chains, and the air castle he had built for Ruth's occupancy suddenly took on the iridescent colors of a bubble.
From Doubloons—and the Girl by Forbes, John Maxwell
She had stolen unwittingly the air castle which Lite had been three years building, but he did not say a word about it to Jean.
From Jean of the Lazy A by Bower, B. M.
