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Meanings of dreamy abstraction in anglès

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Usage of dreamy abstraction in anglès
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She even spoke of sealed wives in a kind of dreamy abstraction.
The Rainbow Trail
2
He displayed no longer the same thoughtless gayety or the same dreamy abstraction.
The Truce of God / A Tale of the Eleventh Century
3
He lay back upon his couch with a dreamy abstraction in his gaze.
French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
4
She was not conscious that, in her dreamy abstraction, she was leaning towards him.
Wild Youth, Volume 1.
5
As winter drew on, she grew no better; a dim, dreamy abstraction brooded over her.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 / A Magazine...
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Again she could be steeped in a dreamy abstraction or alive with a pagan joy of life.
The Net
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With that he was off, eager-eyed and alert, the mood of dreamy abstraction dropped like a cloak discarded.
Bat Wing
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He was lying almost at full length in the chair, his eyes fixed in dreamy abstraction upon the ceiling.
The Little Nugget
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She ate her dinner in dreamy abstraction, her thoughts on Mac and the enticing prospects he had held out.
Calvary Alley
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For a greater part of the morning Mr. Howland sat musing at his desk, in a kind of dreamy abstraction.
The Iron Rule; Or, Tyranny in the Household
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He was thin, he wore spectacles, he talked dreamy abstractions, and he looked clerical.
Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories
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"Gold is always gold," said Brother Basil, coming out of his fit of dreamy abstraction.
Masters of the Guild
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Dreamy abstraction across language varieties
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