Sentence examples for avoid the illusion of from inspiring English sources
But just as George Bush's landing on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln was intended to convey the false impression that the U.S. had actually achieved victory in Iraq, it should be warned to avoid the illusion of triumph, when the victory it seeks is further from its grasp than ever.
From Letter IV, Heloise to Abelard: During the quiet night, when my heart ought to be still in that sleep which suspends the greatest cares, I cannot avoid the illusions of my heart.
"Now we have to avoid the politics of illusion in the decade of amazing surpluses".
Women of petite or average height may want to make themselves taller by wearing high heels and vertical details, but tall women who are self-conscious about their height should avoid styles that create the illusion of extra height.
SHAD, introduced in PerCom 2007, is the first architecture that offers actual Single Sign-On to avoid authentication obtrusiveness and maintain the illusion of a single, pervasive computer.
It noted that the movie was not entered in the foreign language film category (never mind that it wouldn't have qualified anyway because it's mostly in English); that the absence of dialogue avoided the issue of subtitles; that the "illusion" of Americanness was stressed, with the director Michel Hazanavicius talking about the film's "American essence".
Stalin accepted the agreement in order to avoid the prospect of war in 1939, but he had few illusions about the threat posed by Germany in the future.
As the authors wrote, "In other words, to create the illusion of eye contact, one must actively avoid it".
The goal is to create the illusion of understanding, which means mostly trying to avoid obvious failures and providing occasional "aha" moments.
Avoid getting the dark shadow too far inside the corners, as this will create the illusion of sleepy purple circles under your eyes.
