fond illusion
Example Sentences
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It is a statistic which illustrates Trimble's underrated value and neatly explodes the fond illusion of Ulster grinding their way to victory with a narrow, kicking-obsessed game plan.
From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2012
The Germans harbored many a fond illusion before the war.
From A Minstrel in France by Lauder, Harry, Sir
It was a fond illusion amongst the boys that resin so applied deadened the effects of the cane.
From The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy by Dyson, Edward
She deemed that a fond illusion of the senses had beguiled her.
From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew
Devotees of false ideals clothe them too often with the tinsel of fond illusion, under which guise they make a pretense of worshiping them.
From Poise: How to Attain It by Starke, D.
