illusion
Example Sentences
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You, my friend, by filling that seat, are also helping to create the illusion of a crowded room.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 6, 2026
The misplaced foot is something of an optical illusion, due mainly to Trumbull’s less than masterful drawing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026
Lee’s standout identity plays — “Straight White Men,” “The Shipment” and “Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven” — reject the illusion of stable, coherent characters propagated by psychological realism.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
Does this actually means anything, or is it just another economic illusion?
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
I was a little startled myself, for it seemed for an instant as if the stranger had great eyes like burning flames; but a second look dispelled the illusion.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary lists containing illusion
"The Crucible" -- Vocabulary from all 4 Acts
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Smoke and Mirrors: The Lingo of Illusion and Deception
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English Words Derived from French, List 1
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