How to Use mirage in a Sentence

mirage

noun

• A peaceful solution proved to be a mirage.
• 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
• All of this explains why the original Cold War’s end was a mirage.
  — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
• 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

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024