How to Use illusion in a Sentence

illusion

noun

• The video game is designed to give the illusion that you are in control of an airplane.
• She says that all progress is just an illusion.
• They used paint to create the illusion of metal.
• The idea that technology is able to buy us out of our problems is an illusion.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
• The longer inseam gives the illusion of height; pair with pointy pumps à la Diesel for an extra boost.
  — Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Sep. 2022
• Flicker effects can be used by the lighting apartment to create an illusion of flame near an actor.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 28 Sep. 2022
• Bracksieck wore a form-fitting gown with an illusion neckline, detailed back and long veil, while Judge donned a classic black tuxedo.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2022
• Lizzo's neon lemon-yellow illusion catsuit, complete with glittering rhinestones across the arms, legs, and bodice.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 3 Oct. 2022
• This activity is largely an illusion, a matter of business deals that put her name behind other people’s products.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2022
• This practice of flipping around backwards thinking is at the heart of Zen Leadership because Zen trains the body to see through illusion.
  — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
• The piece is crafted from delicate glass elements that cascade downwards, creating a mesmerising illusion of poppies in full bloom.
  — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
• But was America really a paradise for Jews, or is paradise an illusion constructed in hindsight?
  — James McAuley, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2022
• Pulling the bottoms high on the waist to show off her hips (and add to the cheeky illusion the water reflection is giving), Megan leans forward over the water's edge, posing with a fruity drink nearby.
  — Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 22 Sep. 2022
• Like with Buttigieg and Vance, Emmer and Walz are close in age and bear some physical similarities, which helps with the illusion.
  — Danielle Jennings, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024
• When reality doesn’t jive with her desires (see also: Shauna’s early acceptance to Brown), no one dares shatter her illusions.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
• One of the lessons of the Popol Vuh, told during the episode where Huracán clouds human vision, is that the human perception of reality is an illusion.
  — James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
• The flow of the trousers gives the illusion of a maxi skirt, but don’t be fooled.
  — Alexis Gaskin, Glamour, 6 May 2022
• The speech-to-song illusion takes a string of words, and plays them on a loop.
  — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 8 June 2018
• This is not the time to give the illusion of selling it.
  — Ronnie Polaneczky, Philly.com, 23 Feb. 2018
• In terms of the painting, there’s a sense of an illusion.
  — Seph Rodney, New York Times, 15 May 2020
• At the same time, Democrats should face no illusions about the task ahead of them.
  — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 15 May 2024
• The illusion may be easy enough to trick even those of us who have roughed it for a week in a van.
  — New York Times, 4 May 2022
• Here, the Baily’s beads break the ring of sunlight to form the illusion of black streaks.
  — Samuel Sanders, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024
• The illusion ends when the suspension tower of the great bridge pokes above the tree line.
  — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
• The trick is to create an illusion of prey for the tuna.
  — Yara Enany, CNN, 23 Dec. 2021
• Art is here to prove, and to help one bear, the fact that all safety is an illusion.
  — New York Times, 6 June 2018
• And how tragic is the casting off of that illusion when the time comes at last to grow up?
  — Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 20 Sep. 2017
• Much has changed in the last 18 years, and much has been done to create an illusion of change.
  — Arwa Damon, CNN, 26 Mar. 2021
• All of that is, of course, an illusion, achieved through hours and hours of practice.
  — Meghan McDonough, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2020
• On the one hand, is Rockwell’s world an illusion that can’t be lived up to?
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 20 Oct 2024