fata morgana
Example Sentences
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In it he wrote: “I saw the iceberg, looming high/ and cold, like a cold fata morgana,/ it drifted slowly, irrevocably,/ white, nearer to me.”
From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022
He checks Bernstein under "mirage, especially as observed in the Strait of Messina" and finds fata morgana.
From Time Magazine Archive
You have been with me from my manhood, the fata morgana that laughed at my love of other creatures.
From Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories by Herrick, Robert
Life is synonymous with suffering; positive happiness a fata morgana, an illusion.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert
"Then it seems that your majesty has followed a fata morgana," said the prince, with a forced smile; "for, as you see, I am alone, and no one else is present in the conservatory."
From Frederick the Great and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
