The exercise of what some call "free will" is a cruel illusion.

But when everyone's shouting, no one's listening; the power to reach others may prove a cruel illusion.

Just one wall remained intact, giving the cruel illusion that not too much damage had been done.

Surely this first taste of winter was just a cruel illusion.

Mozart's appropriateness for young voices is a cruel illusion.

But it was to be a cruel illusion.

It was a cruel illusion, since I was used to looking straight across or down at most people.

I imagine you are sharing that "cruel illusion" from a position of relative comfort?

It is a cruel illusion to pretend that small individual accounts will enjoy the full returns that people see in the stock market.

Creideiki laughed at his release from the cruel illusion, grateful for the new sound that had freed him.