play tricks
Example Sentences
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Daphne du Maurier’s fiction revels in the mind’s ability to play tricks on itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
I had no idea the mind could play tricks on you over five years of a descent into madness, like I experienced.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2023
"The dripping water, the rats, the echoes and the shadows can make your mind play tricks when you are alone in here at night," says Jamie.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2022
She’s never sought to play tricks on her audience, she told me, correcting a common misconception about her work; Kuriki-Olivo approaches everything she devises from a place of sincerity.
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2021
“Where’s the canoe? Can we find our way back to it, or is that going to play tricks with us as well?”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
