This was one persistent illusion!

Why this persistent illusion that writers are ruthless robber barons of words?

For us believing physicists the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

Then: " 'The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.'

People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion

There was horror, and there was curiosity - but more than that, there was a persistent and perplexing illusion of memory.

One-party rule has been a persistent and crippling illusion in Africa since the independence era began 30 years ago.

Then I fell victim to one of humankind's more persistent illusions: to wit, if a little is good, a lot's better.

"It's an illusion, but it's a very persistent illusion; it keeps coming back," he said, comparing it to a magician's trick that has been seen again and again.

The persistent illusion of flesh was dispelled.