dreamy abstraction
Example Sentences
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Be this as it may, Bladud had not been long seated there in a state of dreamy abstraction, when he became conscious of the inquiring look.
From The Hot Swamp by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
He lay back upon his couch with a dreamy abstraction in his gaze.
From French and English A Story of the Struggle in America by Everett-Green, Evelyn
He was lying almost at full length in the chair, his eyes fixed in dreamy abstraction upon the ceiling.
From The Little Nugget by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
It was as it should have been; and the poet stood motionless in dreamy abstraction, until an usher took his coupons and turned down seven seats.
From Iole by Becker, Arthur C.
For a greater part of the morning Mr. Howland sat musing at his desk, in a kind of dreamy abstraction.
From The Iron Rule Or, Tyranny in the Household by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
