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
A relation of theirs—though we should never guess it—is sitting upon her tiny air castle high up in an apple tree not far away,—a ruby-throated hummingbird.
From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William
She had fancied a little house in a suburb, or a cosy apartment in the city, and a lump came into her throat as her air castle dissolved into utter ruin.
From At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern by Reed, Myrtle
If your view is confirmed, our project will have been an air castle.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von
If his daughter should be like himself if she should ruin his hopes, throw down the air castle he had built—should love unworthily, marry beneath her, deceive and disappoint him!
From Dora Thorne by Brame, Charlotte M.
