Sentence examples for illusion of not from inspiring English sources

And when a doctor friend he consulted about breaking the breath-holding record told him, "David, you're a magician — create the illusion of not breathing and it will be much easier," he tried to do just that.

Let's put this in human language: Donald Trump doesn't prop up two publications that have always been reliant on wealthy donors to create the illusion of not being a complete failure in the marketplace.

Because cubicles provide only the illusion of privacy, not the real thing, they do nothing to stop infectious diseases.

Actually, budgets give the illusion of control not the reality, and the first step is to accept that fact.

"These huge convoys they force you to travel in, with a bristling personal security detail, give you the illusion of security, not real security.

His feet are positioned as if he is stepping forward, almost about to move out of the canvas and he looks directly at the viewer, giving the illusion of judging not only the souls in the painting but also the viewers.

That we often do this merely shows that there are illusions of self, not that self is an illusion.

In On Writers and Writing, I wrote: Prospero uses his arts – magic arts, arts of illusion – not just for entertainment, though he does some of that as well, but for the purposes of moral and social improvement.

Maintaining the illusion of reality is not easy.

The illusion of theater is not at work here.

The oil money creates an illusion of development, but not jobs.