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
Our eyes continue to be dazzled by optical tricks, such as trompe l’oeil patterns that collapse dimensions.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 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
He was awake, lying spread-eagle in his big platform bed, looking up at the trompe l’oeil painting of a domed and gilded ceiling that was open at the center to a pink sky.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
