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
Since her visit to Amity street, that fond illusion had wholly departed, never to return.
From The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales by Dent, John Charles
She deemed that a fond illusion of the senses had beguiled her.
From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew
Smile o'er each pitiful token, Leaving the sorrow for me; Drink deep of life's fond illusion, Gaze on the storm-cloud and flee Swiftly, through strife and confusion, Leaving the burden to me.
From The Lost Despatch by Lincoln, Natalie Sumner
The Germans harbored many a fond illusion before the war.
From A Minstrel in France by Lauder, Harry, Sir
