How to Use mirage in a Sentence
mirage
noun- A peaceful solution proved to be a mirage.
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The open sea was a mirage—like so much else in the Arctic.
— Michael O’Donnell, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2020 -
When lost in the desert, the oasis in the distance could be a mirage.
— Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019 -
Maybe the fun-and-gun ways of the Spurs’ bubble run turn out to be a mirage.
— Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 5 Dec. 2020 -
So far, much of the good news on the supply chain has proved to be a mirage.
— The Week Staff, The Week, 18 Dec. 2021 -
Much of the world has seen through the Trumpist mirage for quite some time.
— Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2020 -
The next two weeks should give a clue as to whether the run defense is a mirage.
— Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2019 -
The next goal is to show the performance and depth isn’t a mirage.
— Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2021 -
His face fades in and out of focus and form like a mirage.
— Lance Esplund, WSJ, 19 June 2018 -
To be honest, the Olympics are a façade, a mirage, a charade.
— Norman Chad, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Feb. 2018 -
That first start was no mirage as the colt is now 5-for-5 and will be favored to win the Triple Crown.
— Dick Jerardi, Philly.com, 7 June 2018 -
Was that a mirage, or is Miami a team to beat in the East?
— Star Tribune, 21 Dec. 2020 -
That first start was no mirage, as the colt is now 5 for 5 and will be favored to win the Triple Crown.
— Dick Jerardi, Philly.com, 7 June 2018 -
This wasn’t a mirage or some fairy tale dreamt up by the media.
— Karen Guregian, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2022 -
Or on a lounger at the beach, ogling mirage-like views of the Dubai marina.
— Baz Dreisinger, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023 -
It’s like getting to the West: a dream, perhaps a mirage.
— Lydia Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 8 Jan. 2020 -
And, if the power blocking wasn't a mirage, this can work ... sort of.
— Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2017 -
Yet the lure of the capital often proves to be a mirage.
— Simon Denyer, Washington Post, 8 July 2018 -
No sense diving into the deep end if the deep end turns out to be a mirage.
— Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 9 Jan. 2019 -
Beyond that, the wave of good news for Democrats also isn’t a mirage.
— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 -
Yet, as July comes to a close, the image of a football on the tee is as hazy as a mirage in the desert.
— Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2020 -
The closeness of the race in August might have been partly a mirage.
— Nami Sumida, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2021 -
The Sweet 16 has been nothing but a mirage, close enough to see but never to touch.
— Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023 -
But, for now, there’s reason to believe the Rangers’ fast start isn’t a mirage.
— Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023 -
So the April 2 date is a mirage; reopening is a long way off.
— Helen Shaw, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2021 -
Estes deftly marries the warp of sharp outlines to the weft of the wobbly mirage.
— Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023 -
Cora insists the June version of the Red Sox was not a mirage.
— John Perrotto, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 -
The vibrancy of the Condor Club seemed far away — a mirage.
— Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2020 -
Google’s stock price briefly jumped 5 percent based on the video, but the whole thing was a mirage, just one more stop on the endless train of hype.
— Gary Marcus, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024 -
More than nine months had passed since the quarterback’s memorable Holiday Bowl debut, long enough to wonder if his six-score performance was merely a bowl-season mirage.
— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
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