illusion - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • grandeur: Or may be the school had illusions of grandeur.
  • reality: For Polanski calls all belief into question by continually manipulating the film's illusion of reality.
  • depth: The tiles are in fact a flat ' painting ' that gives the illusion of depth.
  • separation: With the inner stillness and peace of the Druid path you can once again connect with God as you dissolve any illusions of separation.
  • continuity: So, you are clinging to an illusion of continuity.
  • consciousness: Unanswered questions include what remains of consciousness without memes, and whether artificial meme machines can ever transcend the illusion of self consciousness.

Converse of object

  • shatter: The deep split over the war on Iraq shattered any illusions in a common position on really decisive foreign issues.
  • dispel: He knows nothing he says can dispel the illusions created by randomness, and that he is as susceptible to them as anyone.
  • sow: With the obvious coming betrayal of the leaders the slogan only served to sow illusions.
  • create: To Create An Illusion of Sound Cast by Phoebe Make him hear what isn't there.
  • foster: Naturally, such ' artistic struggle ' fosters illusions in a ' politics of opposition ' that bypasses class struggle.
  • harbor: We can harbor no illusions - and that's important today to remember.

Adjective modifier

  • optical: Optical Illusion - John Langdon, 1999 Can you see why this painting is called optical illusion?
  • shattered: An accompanying editorial [ 3 ] speaks of " shattered illusions " .
  • tychonic: Howard Margolis ( 1998 ) Tychonic Illusions: Hard vs. Easy.
  • comforting: Why give anyone the right to their comforting illusions?
  • cherished: It is truly extraordinary how facts can be ignored in the need to confirm and strengthen cherished illusions.
  • grand: Similarly, the grand illusion cultivated by the new stores was one of egalitarianism.

Noun used with modifier

  • continuity: In addition, the data indicate that the neural mechanisms involved in vowel identification receive an input from those responsible for the continuity illusion.
  • waterfall: An early, personal level application of the notion comes in Tim Crane's paper on the waterfall illusion ( Crane 1988a ).

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