dreamy abstraction
Example Sentences
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He displayed no longer the same thoughtless gayety or the same dreamy abstraction.
From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by George Henry Miles
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
Horace hardly dared to meet Beevor's eyes, which were fixed upon the green-turbaned Jinnee, as he stood apart in dreamy abstraction, smiling placidly to himself.
From The Brass Bottle by F. Anstey
She even spoke of sealed wives in a kind of dreamy abstraction.
From The Rainbow Trail by Zane Grey
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 Evelyn Everett-Green
