Sentence examples for act of illusion from inspiring English sources

Film specifically is predicated on the act of illusion.

True, the rogue magician troupe can take some of the credit for pushing the narrative back into a discussion about sleight of hand, but really this whole year of culture has been enchanted by the act of illusion.

Fans can find him performing his dazzling acts of illusion in the parlors of Los Angeles' legendary Magic Castle.

In his foreword to Ronald Christ's 1969 study, The Narrow Act: Borges' Art of Illusion, he quotes Shaw: "The writer does not work from an idea but toward an idea".

"Everyone Says I Love You" reverses the gravity of Allen's past and acts out the importance of illusion to psychic survival.

General Kamel betrayed the secrets of Iraq's weapons programs to the Central Intelligence Agency before committing an act of stupefying rashness or blind illusion.

Over three acts the illusion of bourgeois contentment unravels, and the play culminates in a spectacular scene between the couple as Nora's lie is exposed and Torvald first blames, then forgives her – and is finally abandoned as Nora recognises the truth of her situation.

The consumption of food flavorings is one of the modern era's most profound collective acts of submission to illusion.

The consumption of food flavorings may stand as one of the modern era's most profound collective acts of submission to illusion.

"Magic: The Science of Illusion".

These celebrations are a fiesta of illusion.