Sentence examples for chasing a chimera from inspiring English sources

Perhaps they are chasing a chimera: they all wish to be above-average performers.

At that moment, sitting at a table eight thousand miles from home, I saw that I'd come to South Africa chasing a chimera.

He may be right, but the French, by choosing a thoroughly parochial method of defining the metre's length, and then spending seven years chasing a chimera, destroyed any likelihood of American acceptance.

To try to restore the privacy that was universal in the 1970s is to chase a chimera.

I was chasing a trend".

I was chasing a girl.

"I'm chasing a ghost.

He began chasing a memory.

Chasing an NBA dream.

The world lost 10 years chasing the chimera of 'clean coal'".

Instead of chasing the chimera of Web advertising or engaging in the costly effort to entice buyers one credit-card purchase at a time, Internet-based services that attract loyal followings can generate steady streams of revenue capable of supporting real, profitable businesses.