castle in the air

Example Sentences

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Fittingly for a boy in a centuries-old town in what was then Communist East Germany, his was no ordinary castle in the air.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2014

His face and eyes shine as he hurries towards his doom, blinded by a beautiful delusion, his own personal castle in the air.

From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2010

“Now that castle in the air has a foundation underneath it and is becoming an impending reality.”

From Washington Post

What Lorabelle seeks is a castle in the air; what she finds in Henry is a way back to earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

For twenty minutes, we explored my castle in the air together.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson