dreamy abstraction
Example Sentences
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Again she could be steeped in a dreamy abstraction or alive with a pagan joy of life.
From The Net by Rex Ellingwood Beach
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 Herbert Cook
"Oh, no!" replied the girl, with a certain dreamy abstraction.
From Dr. Breen's Practice by William Dean Howells
On this hope, fancy conjured up scenes and images of delight, upon which her mind dwelt in pleased and dreamy abstraction, until sleep stole upon her, and locked up her senses.
From The Lights and Shadows of Real Life by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
As winter drew on, she grew no better; a dim, dreamy abstraction brooded over her.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 by Various
