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
Another crisis in his life came a year after the downfall of his air castle, and just as the south was preparing to enter upon her fatal struggle.
From Sons and Fathers by Edwards, Harry Stillwell
While Platon was reading the letter Petka gazed dreamily out of the window and built, not an air castle, but a large grocery store, with showy windows.
From Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy by Militia of Mercy (U.S.). Gift Book Committee
But the walls of his air castle began to grow more solid.
From Doubloons—and the Girl by Forbes, John Maxwell
He tried to put it out of his mind, but the captivating air castle would not down.
From Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England by Munn, Charles Clark
