Sentence examples for precious illusion from inspiring English sources
The various characters are assigned governing intervals — perfect fifths, minor and major seconds, tritones, and so on — and if two notes are insufficient to define a personality, that may be the point; at the border of death, the precious illusion of individuality disintegrates.
The source of calm reassurance and the precious illusion of safety and in a terrifying unstable cosmos.
Elins says he flipped when he heard Alanis's "Precious Illusions," the second single due to be released from "Under Rug Swept".
A performance that was, to some extent, about illusion contained precious little of it.
Recently, I discovered a precious gift hidden beneath the illusion of 'uh-oh, now what?' As I contemplated this particular situation, I was able to shift from feeling like a bad little girl who had done something wrong, to a mature woman who wasn't going to allow this situation to cause self-doubt.
It may be, indeed, that illusions are among the most precious things we have.
And how many of us are selling ourselves -- our precious life-force and irreplaceable time -- for the illusion of security that a measly bi-weekly paycheck provides?
The illusion of going to work is quite a precious one.
This comes naturally to people and, barring certain optical illusions, takes no time at all as well as precious little conscious effort.
As he sends her away he reflects, again with self-disgust, that he has given her something precious - an experience of humiliation that will at least save her from illusion and self-dramatising.
