How to Use trompe l'oeil in a Sentence

trompe l'oeil

noun

• Does the trompe l'oeil look mean the beginning of the end for the bob?
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2018
• Dion paid homage to her by wearing one of the pieces from her spring 2019 couture collection, a red and black trompe l'oeil dress.
  — Ana Colón, Glamour, 2 July 2019
• Don't miss the Sala delle Asse, frescoed as a trompe l'oeil forest by Leonardo himself.
  — Julia Buckley, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2021
• Enter Lili Reinhart, and an evening-ready updo that moonlights as a trompe l'oeil chop.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2019
• The patisserie is known for its macarons in every color of the rainbow, as well as its trompe l'oeil ceiling.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2019
• For her part, Smith pushed back her curly mane to ensure attention was focused on her trompe l'oeil trick.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 20 Aug. 2019
• Down a second-floor hall Frroku painted lake scenes, framed with trompe l'oeil stone arches.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 18 Sep. 2021
• The trompe l'oeil case around the front door is my interpretation of a detail in the Chinese Bedroom at Claydon House.
  — Lisa Cregan, House Beautiful, 19 Jan. 2017
• Versace is on the floor, chairs, and tables in the room where the the designer sits on a Baroque-style chair in front of trompe l'oeil gilt boiserie walls, and pours tea from—but of course—Versace porcelain.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 June 2018
• His study, in one of the towers, was inlaid with trompe l'oeil wooden panels showing his prowess in both war and culture.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
• Perhaps most ubiquitous of all the carved creations is the alabaster grape—stones painted and polished into trompe l'oeil orbs that look good enough to eat.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2018
• The super was spotted yesterday in New York City having traded her high-impact windblown lengths for a trompe l'oeil bob born of a simple styling trick: the strategic tuck.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2017
• Said announcement came with a photo of Sweeney as Poplin, a look defined by a headscarf, ample freckles, and the same mane of banged and burnished blonde that was clearly more than a trompe l'oeil set moment.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2022
• Blaire Designs also looked to trompe l'oeil in this hall space, swathing the walls in what looks like an aged tile pattern, but is actually a De Gournay wallcovering.
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 21 Oct. 2022
• In Atami, the photographer and his friends paid about $9 to get into the Trick Art Museum, where visitors can take photos in trompe l'oeil paintings.
  — New York Times, 21 Oct. 2017
• Her front hall is decorated in trompe l'oeil draperies framing a Chinese landscape evoking all the time McCains have spent facing out over the Pacific.
  — P.j. O'Rourke, Town & Country, 29 Aug. 2018
• Hanlon sought to transform Lina Hoss into a reincarnation of Ziggy Stardust, her dirty-blonde buzz cut topped in a trompe l'oeil mullet that was dyed a fiery tangerine.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2018
• With rumors swirling that the transformation was the result of a full 15 hours in the colorist's chair, rather than the handiwork of a temporary trompe l'oeil wig, only a front row appearance at New York Fashion Week will tell.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2017
• Filled with antiques from around the world and outfitted with delightful details—like trompe l'oeil murals—the home is moody, elegant, and divinely inviting.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 12 Mar. 2021
• But a switch-up that requires neither makeup nor trompe l'oeil hair extensions makes for a memorable next-level beauty maneuver, even for the expert chameleon.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2018
• Green tones, dark wood, mirrors, living plant walls, trompe l'oeil garden, porcelain and silky fabrics create an intimate atmosphere for a business lunch or an intimate dinner.
  — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 31 July 2022
• With a photographer, Crawford spent two days documenting each trompe l'oeil vignette and decorative moulding to use as material for the credit sequence.
  — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 3 Nov. 2022
• Bassist Nick Seymour created the illusory bunny-featuring trompe l'oeil album cover during lockdown.
  — Katherine Turman, EW.com, 1 June 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024