Sentence examples for off the illusion from inspiring English sources

Despite the absence of spray and surf it is hard to shake off the illusion.

But it sometimes comes so close to pulling off the illusion that it invites you to look for the imperfections.

The riskiest decision any of these people made was to have David, Charles Dickens's boy hero, played by an adult (Kieran Campion), even when the character is only 7. Mr. Campion pulls off the illusion admirably, aided by Mark Shanahan as the older David, narrating with considerable feeling and maturity as he stands onstage observing his younger self through much of the play.

To create such vibrant colors, Silva "cross hatches" in layers to give off the illusion of additional hues and depth.

The special effect, achieved by green screen for TV, employs a hole cut into the ground beneath the maze, allowing the scareactor to pull off the illusion.

We need to shake off the illusion that this is the only way our society can operate, just because we grew up within that system.

Most of the illusion is pulled off by extensive restyling of the front end.

But in the 20,000-seat arena, which was curtained off, giving the illusion of being packed, it was hard to find anyone with a negative word for Mr. Nader or his candidacy.

As it repeatedly morphs from humdrum dailiness into espionage maneuvers, "The Expats" pulls off the crazy illusion that these elements actually belong in the same story.

When he puts in little asides — the "wait a minute"s and the "listen"s and the "honestly, let's just think about it"s — he is evincing more than tics: he is deploying a sly strategy, giving off the slight illusion that the whole speech is extemporaneous.

Shipler never shies away from noting the employer's power, but by embracing complexity, and trusting the reader to be up to the task, he burns off the easy illusions of hero versus villain that so often addle journalism.