dreamy abstraction
Example Sentences
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The figures are absorbed in their own thoughts; they stand isolated apart, as though the painter wishes to intensify the mood of dreamy abstraction.
From Giorgione by Cook, Herbert
There was a tone of impatience in her voice, which Tournier, however, noticed not, but passed from his former eagerness of manner into a sort of dreamy abstraction, as if talking to himself.
From The French Prisoners of Norman Cross A Tale by Brown, Arthur, Rev.
Hearn lost his faith then or shortly afterwards: Thompson's irregular habits of dreamy abstraction rendered him unfit for a sacerdotal career.
From The Hound of Heaven by Thompson, Francis
But presently she was back once more, this time with the tablecloth, which she proceeded to spread, though still lost in dreamy abstraction.
From The Definite Object A Romance of New York by Farnol, Jeffery
She ate her dinner in dreamy abstraction, her thoughts on Mac and the enticing prospects he had held out.
From Calvary Alley by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan
