play tricks
Example Sentences
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“Certainly altitude kind of can play tricks on your stuff,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Daphne du Maurier’s fiction revels in the mind’s ability to play tricks on itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
I had no idea the mind could play tricks on you over five years of a descent into madness, like I experienced.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
"The dripping water, the rats, the echoes and the shadows can make your mind play tricks when you are alone in here at night," says Jamie.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2022
Leah ultimately found one explanation that covered almost any difficult séance situation—the spirit world contained humbugs just like the mortal one— some spirits liked to play tricks; others simply lied.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
