mirages

plural of mirage

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of mirages But inside, slabs of colored glass, hunks of polished resin, and sundry material experiments gleam like mirages in the sunlight that streams in from the ceiling and windows. Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025 The Great Plain stretches beneath poetic skies where herds graze and mirages dance—while thermal springs bubble in ornate bathhouses like Széchenyi—their steam rising through vaulted ceilings. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mirages
Noun
  • Ellen retreats to her room and daydreams of her father, who understood his headstrong daughter.
    Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • In the Netflix dramedy Too Much, a brokenhearted American, Jess, makes the move across the pond, inspired in part by daydreams of stately castles, rolling green hills and dashing gentlemen professing their ardent admiration.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Everyone who shows up to his office tries to make one of his dreams come true.
    Debbie Day, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Podium or not, Larsen is looking to the future with one audience on her mind — young girls with dreams of getting into motorsport.
    Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The aforementioned masks, for instance, hasten strange visions for Blakey, but the film’s hard boundary between his dreams and waking life sap these sequences of all tension.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • As a guy who is simply not built for summer (sweaty, burns easily, refuses to wear shorts), the turning of the calendar to September adds a little lead to my tread, with visions of cider and sweaters dancing in my head.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Mirages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirages. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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