trompe-l'oeil
Example Sentences
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Mainly the trip to this trompe l’oeil house of mystery feels like a detour, though Mr. Freeman’s presence makes it bearable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Every wardrobe needs a touch of trompe l’oeil.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025
A striking dress featured a trompe l’oeil effect, cleverly designed to appear two-dimensional.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024
He does all this with a combination of flat, saturated color, trompe l’oeil shadows and tiny, overlapping daubs of paint that split the difference between TV static and Ben-Day dots.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023
It was a kind of aural trompe l’oeil.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
