Sentence examples for illusion given from inspiring English sources

This might be "a bit of an illusion", given the modest power of most American allies.

But some analysts said that such certainty was an illusion, given the longer-term problem with the deficit.

It is an unpromising start … and something of an optical illusion, given there is a creditable 49% haricot in each can.

The general perception was that he was just a shade slower, though this could easily have been an optical illusion, given Federer's languid movement.

Wooden grillwork and shoji-like window moldings, painted red, give it the feel of a spacious Japanese country house -- a useful illusion, given that tables are close together and the noise level can be high.

"See how they go back into the trees and bend so you can't see where they go?" The into-the-woods effect is an illusion, given that the half-acre lot, much of which is taken up by Ms. Bottigheimer's modified Cape Cod house, can't go all that far.

But in "Triangle," the illusion gives way to fact.

Arguments built on market illusion give citizens a pass on personal responsibility.

Really, it's just the top third or so that latches closed with Velcro but that illusion gives it a sort of military feel, which I enjoyed.

In Figure 2 (bottom-left), the Mach bands illusion gives an enhancement of the vertical lines separating the different grey zones.

Most likely the changes resulted from a genuine increase in candidate ability, albeit for reasons which remain unclear, coupled with a cognitive illusion giving the impression of a step-change immediately after equating began.