Sentence examples for as the illusion from inspiring English sources

Gambling machines work in a similar way through a system psychologists refer to as "the illusion of control".

As compelling as the illusion of reality are the physical facts of Mr. Downes's painting, which you discover in close-up scrutiny.

As the illusion enlarges in the video posted by Asap Science on YouTube yesterday, healthy eyes will see Einstein's face, and ignore the blurry outline of Monroe.

For as many seasons as the illusion can be maintained, they remain, at least onscreen, uncomplicated, untroubled good girls, on the verge of, but never actually awakening to, their sexuality.

Gray sees our faith in progress - "the Prozac of the thinking classes" - as the illusion that underlies the most egregiously mistaken political and social policies of the present day.

Yes yes yes, there's some momentary humour in seeing a bunch of female quirks reproduced by someone physically so different, but if the drag-er is any good at it, the humour soon vanishes as the illusion becomes complete.

As well as transmitting the illusion of authenticity and the whiff of transgression, paparazzi photography taps into our darkest, most voyeuristic desires –terrain often explored by great art.

Mr. Spacey's performance as the illusion-shattering Theodore Hickman never had quite the full-on power elsewhere that it achieved at the Almeida, a 325-seater that turned the audience into implicit barflies taking their places alongside the drink-sodden habitués of Harry Hope's saloon.

If he does, then, even as the illusions of August , 1991 fade, its promise remains.

The campy glamour of Berlin's pre-war Kit-Kat Club is gradually stripped away, just as the illusions of would-be writer Clifford Bradshaw Matt Rawlee) have been destroyed.

The familiar, comforting sensation of my legs swinging back and forth trying to get some height on my swing did at one point give way to slight panic as the illusions Brendan had built in included a looming ceiling.