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
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
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
But he did not, because chance threw him a bit of solid material on which to rebuild his air castle for Helen May.
From Starr, of the Desert by Bower, B. M.
And then, some day— There came the air castle again, floating alluringly before his eager imagination, like a mirage lake in the desert.
From Skyrider by Fischer, Anton Otto
