optical illusion

Example Sentences

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It is actually something of an optical illusion, for the options are not getting more expensive in terms of price as the earnings date approaches, but in fact are remaining the same.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 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

The last sequence is an astonishing optical illusion to behold.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

Or that optical illusion with the staircases that never stop going upward.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy