Sentence examples for superficial illusion from inspiring English sources
If technology develops within the walled gardens of a few dominant vendors – with the superficial illusion of control within their walls – we will end up bound by their code.
Their movements had a jerky, clockwork quality to them which suggested, as Davies' tangoing aesthetes didn't, a desperate adherence to the rituals of the past; a superficial, cosmetic illusion of wholeness, supported by the obsessive touching-up of their makeup.
The more connected we are to our devices, the more we engage in superficial interactions that create the "illusion of companionship" without the "demands of friendship," as Turkle puts it.
It means misleading information -- misplaced, irrelevant, fragmented or superficial information -- information that creates the illusion of knowing something, but which in fact leads one away from knowing... What Orwell feared were those who would ban books.
These sad, inner truths will therefore attract critical, often narcissistic partners and a superficial life that mirrors these deeper beliefs, regardless of the surface illusion.
You continue to thrust this superficial idea of working hard and "you could have whatever you wanted," when that is an illusion.
"Illusion, Illusion!" the customer said.
