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

I may sound cynical, but I couldn’t help but balk at that sense of trompe l’oeil profundity, beautifully rendered but fundamentally unchallenging.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 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