optical illusion
Example Sentences
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By presenting Satan's fall as a violent physical event instead of a purely spiritual allegory or optical illusion, Dante may have helped move Western thought toward the idea that celestial objects can directly reshape Earth.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
This is actually something of an optical illusion, for the options are not getting more expensive in terms of price as the earnings date approaches.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Doing something your brain tells you is structurally impossible was like inhabiting an optical illusion and we all laughed as we scaled the multi-tiered falls with the occasional assistance of a tethered rope.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
Stormont officials have commissioned consultants to help address an "optical illusion" along a Belfast footpath that has caused pedestrians to trip and fall.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025
It was just an optical illusion, just because I was running, just because I’m worried about whoever made that cry or whimper.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
