Sentence examples for being a trick of from inspiring English sources

uttered by someone who wants to describe the mistake made by those around him who think that they see a little green man, similarly commits us to the existence of a certain creature of the imagination, one who has the property of being a trick of the light (cf. Kroon (1996 186)).

It was a trick of the light.

The precious item is a trick of the eye.

But that could be a trick of time.

But that too is a trick of the light.

It was a trick of perception, Ron said.

It was a trick of their marriage that baffled Beckett.

Of course, it is a trick of the eye, a conceit of the heart.

"In a way, it's a trick of the eye," Tighe said.

He wondered if it was a trick of the light, or maybe his eyes were tired.

I sense a figure through the trees but decide it's a trick of the light.