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
If your view is confirmed, our project will have been an air castle.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von
This was enough to cause nearly every one to look upon it as a bubble or air castle.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various
Bud started out next day with three different samples for the assayer, and an air castle or two to keep him company.
From Cabin Fever by Bower, B. M.
It was not easy to take up the old routine and forget the air castle.
From Saxe Holm's Stories by Jackson, Helen Hunt
