fond illusion
Example Sentences
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It is a statistic which illustrates Trimble's underrated value and neatly explodes the fond illusion of Ulster grinding their way to victory with a narrow, kicking-obsessed game plan.
From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2012
She deemed that a fond illusion of the senses had beguiled her.
From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew
Since her visit to Amity street, that fond illusion had wholly departed, never to return.
From The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales by Dent, John Charles
Devotees of false ideals clothe them too often with the tinsel of fond illusion, under which guise they make a pretense of worshiping them.
From Poise: How to Attain It by Starke, D.
Why, the—the—the fond illusion, and all that sort of thing.
From The American Baron by De Mille, James
