As insubstantial as a dream. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Both start with an idea, something insubstantial, that is transformed into an artifact that can influence the world and other people. From Wordnik.com. [Terrific Tuesdays with...Lisabet Sarai!] Reference
And I don't even know why someone would use 'insubstantial' in this context. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-01-01] Reference
I don't think that that falls under the category of "insubstantial" savings. From Wordnik.com. [Anchor Rising] Reference
Clearly he doesn't think these protests were "insubstantial," or he wouldn't feel so threatened by them. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. News] Reference
"insubstantial" meaning, so as to use it as a necessary and sufficient condition for logicality. From Wordnik.com. [Logical Truth] Reference
It is the vague and insubstantial pageant of a dream. From Wordnik.com. [Preaching and Paganism] Reference
There was only one insubstantial plant barring their way. From Wordnik.com. [Xone of Contention]
Her voice was as soft and insubstantial as her appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Scriptwriter]
And here was I insubstantial yet more substantial than her. From Wordnik.com. [Magic X] Reference
An insubstantial form that blasts the infidel from Olympus. From Wordnik.com. [The Song of the Jardin Venus] Reference
Of course they were bots, insubstantial software projections. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Trent was right: there was no need to fear the insubstantial. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
The houses were common and insubstantial and betrayed a lack of purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Man, Ending] Reference
SCHNEIDER: And that was thrown out fairly quickly as an insubstantial case. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2005] Reference
His grip tightened around her fingers, cool and still weirdly insubstantial. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lines]
His luggage is, believe me, not insubstantial for such an abbreviated visit. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Case]
The world might seem insubstantial, but they were fully solid to each other. From Wordnik.com. [Demons Don't Dream]
She would know if her dreams of love had been as insubstantial as most dreams are. From Wordnik.com. [One Night for Love]
And then we hear the ghostly dance again, as insubstantial as gossamer, barely audible. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Elsner: Chopin's Endless Fascination -- Between Heaven and Earth] Reference
Dull and persistent, it is the only substantial feature of the insubstantial world of shades. From Wordnik.com. [Horace and His Influence] Reference
Suddenly, in this light and warmth, the image of her was becoming more and more insubstantial. From Wordnik.com. [The Luxembourg Run]
It would be better spelled "lite," except the latter now means "low-calorie, or insubstantial.". From Wordnik.com. [A Speller's Manifesto] Reference
Yet there's a fine line between employing a light conceptual touch and actually sounding insubstantial. From Wordnik.com. [Numero Ono] Reference
Politics in Bangladesh tends to be insubstantial but fierce, a perpetual family feud among a tiny elite. From Wordnik.com. [Mothers Vs. Mullahs] Reference
A quarter is a pretty solid thing in your hand, and the 7.5 minutes seems too insubstantial a trade-off. From Wordnik.com. [The nickel dilemma] Reference
Her head was very light on my shoulders, and she felt curiously insubstantial, like a woman of feathers. From Wordnik.com. [The Door Through Space] Reference
We refused to work with unclear or insubstantial concepts but we gave all things a clearly defined sense. From Wordnik.com. [Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado] Reference
Or does it exist in some separate, insubstantial state, hovering over the brainworks like a cartoon bubble?. From Wordnik.com. [Is The Mind An Illusion?] Reference
She seemed to have become insubstantial during these last few weeks, as if she were disappearing into the past. From Wordnik.com. [’] Reference
Already, they're cleaning off the bricks, ready to rebuild the same insubstantial structures which just proved so deadly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 30, 2006] Reference
The "house" has become a total chameleon, a "machine", a creation as insubstantial as can be made by the time in which we live. From Wordnik.com. [the machine to live] Reference
The world is to him but an insubstantial pageant that shall dissolve and fade, leaving not the trace of the thinnest cloud behind. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
There is something strange, mysterious, and insubstantial about the war in the air that the soldiers do not yet feel or comprehend. From Wordnik.com. [Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters] Reference
FEILER: But that is not insubstantial, yet at the same time we've basically held off going after them across the country for months. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2004] Reference
In have come Sébastien Squillaci and Laurent Koscielny, for not insubstantial fees, to join last summer's acquisition Thomas Vermaelen. From Wordnik.com. [Defensive doubts mean Arsenal's dazzle could yet turn to dust] Reference
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