play tricks
Example Sentences
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“Certainly altitude kind of can play tricks on your stuff,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Daphne du Maurier’s fiction revels in the mind’s ability to play tricks on itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
He said the loch could play tricks on people's eyes and mind.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2023
The relationship between dark and light starts to play tricks on you in this part of Sweden, where the sun goes down around 3 p.m. in December.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
In the darkness and whirling snow, my grandfather’s eyes play tricks on him.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
