special effects
Example Sentences
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I mean, it took us a while, you know, with special effects and our hair and makeup and wig and costumes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
"Young people think they're adding special effects, when in fact they're cramping the style."
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
In contrast, working on Mercy was "like a long performance of a two or three-act stage play", but "with special effects on a par with any of the great big blockbusters".
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
Umba, the movement specialist underneath the simian special effects, is convincing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
It seemed like a part of a movie, like the moonlight shining off the surface wasn’t even real, it was special effects.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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