in the abstract

War in the abstract can often seem like a good idea.

Man in the abstract will do anything to help a woman.

In the abstract there was nothing wrong with doing so.

In the abstract it has a great deal of force.

But I think his work is very often beautiful in the abstract.

I understand in the abstract, but how do they put up with it?

The idea had been there for some time, but only in the abstract.

Before, when the president talked about national security, it was in the abstract.

It is, of course, a difficult problem in the abstract.

It was all very well thinking of him now in the abstract like this.

No one is free in the abstract meaning you give the word.

Oh, they're aware of the people around them, but only in the abstract.

The idea of going to war had been attractive in the abstract.

Before he had been viewing her only in the abstract.

In the abstract, of course, he could not blame them.

Her husband, she added, did not just care about mental health in the abstract.

We need not, however, resolve the question in the abstract.

Only in the abstract, as something exciting somebody else does.

That's when the run package comes out, which is fine in the abstract.

Until tonight, he'd always thought of the "Whole" in the abstract.

It was all well and good to be brave in the abstract.

"She never seemed to deal with people in the abstract.

Well, in the abstract, and without providing reasons, not very much sense at all.

A significant majority of Americans support the death penalty in the abstract, as an idea.

"People are very concerned, at least in the abstract," she said.