Sentence examples for illusion of doing from inspiring English sources

At least they will have the illusion of doing so, for they will be looking at an elaborate hologram -- a perfect image, perhaps, for a plane that so far exists almost exclusively in the minds of Boeing executives and designers.

The contrast between the young women, who wind up as reluctant roommates at sorcery school, is used to examine a society that values surface over substance, the illusion of doing good over the genuinely noble act.

Ms. Packer wears both — or gives the illusion of doing so — in a scene that compares and contrasts two love-steeped creatures of opposing destinies: Rosalind, the cunning exile from "As You Like It," and Desdemona, the doting bride from "Othello".

And if the weather permits an outdoor post, as it did this splendid summer, one can preserve the illusion of doing something healthy while sitting.

Blurring the lines in this way – facilitating the pollution of the blogosphere while creating an illusion of doing something good for the public, is a good business move for PayPerPost.

Then there are those actors who merely give the illusion of doing the same thing every time because their energy is so singular and compelling.

The territory slips into a dual relationship making us reconsider the world of relations inherent in design, in the same way as in The fifth child, by Doris Lessing (1988), there is an intrusion in a family that attests to the impossibility to plan a quiet life and that it is an illusion to think of doing without a relationship with others.

Does the illusion of justice do more harm than good?

The illusion of life doesn't come easily, but you just have to believe in your friend to make him or her come alive.

"The Illusion of Guidance" did create the appearance of order, following the interplay of the instruments as their explorations of a sprightly theme led them to a meditative point where a single note became their focus.

In review of the 2011 3D re-release of Beauty and the Beast, Stephen Whitty of The Star-Ledger commented, "The illusion of depth does add more life to the enchanted housewares — particularly the 'Be Our Guest' number, with its Busby Berkeley geometrics".