Sentence examples for elaborate illusion from inspiring English sources

He says the Social Security trust fund is an "elaborate illusion cooked up by government magicians".

In theory, everything else you think you know about the world could be an elaborate illusion cooked up to deceive you – at this point, present-day writers invariably invoke The Matrix – but your consciousness itself can't be illusory.

Mainstream political debate ignores this, and concerns itself mainly with how best to maintain an elaborate illusion of strict and punitive control, usually citing especial concern about "young people".

Any progress made in educating the NAD on LGBT-equality needs amounted only to an elaborate illusion of our own making.

He forsook the elaborate illusions of the "realistic" stage for the frank use of conventions suited to the meaning and action of particular plays.

She seems outraged by Crick's presumption, as though it means that our sense of self is an illusion, an elaborate trick played by our nerve cells.

He rocks half a beard in last year's elaborate optical illusion video for "The Writing's On the Wall".

"I chased down wildfires, walked down storm drains on the LA River and found abandoned houses where I could set up elaborate optical illusion paintings".

A glimpse of a ballerina's hairy underarms, feathers moulting from a swan tutu, a grand battement that goes rogue and knocks a partner on his fanny, attention-seeking curtseys, little acts of passive aggression between feuding ballerinas - all momentarily peel back the curtain on the elaborate, centuries-old illusion that is ballet.

The group was known for spectacular concerts that featured gigantic stage props, elaborate costumes, grand illusions, and frenetic musical energy.

The company is renowned for its spectacular, 360-degree performances that take place above, aside and among the audience with acrobatic dance numbers, visual illusions, elaborate lighting and a live DJ mixing electronic, pop, percussion and tribal beats.