How to Use smoke and mirrors in a Sentence

smoke and mirrors

plural noun

• And that's why this is smoke and mirrors from the Democrats.
  — Marisa Schultz, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2021
• Some use smoke and mirrors to hide the lack of substance.
  — John Brandon, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
• No smoke and mirrors just a sweaty Shayna on the beach with her pasty skin and messy hair.
  — Blake Bakkila, Health.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• That truth just has to come with more than smoke and mirrors and Lemon Pledge–scented beets.
  — Alicia Kennedy, Bon Appétit, 1 July 2022
• Any offers that pop up now might just be smoke and mirrors.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2021
• During lock down, all the smoke and mirrors of the industry went away.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 19 Apr. 2022
• The month of October is going to feel a bit like smoke and mirrors.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2022
• Much of what was being touted turned out to be smoke and mirrors.
  — Elizabeth Weise, azcentral, 15 June 2018
• Those questions are all smoke and mirrors to push the subject aside, put it on the back-burner.
  — Dan Greene, SI.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• That's what the smoke and mirrors of television does to people.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 May 2018
• But never forget that all of that is just smoke and mirrors.
  — Sacha Maric, Allure, 6 Oct. 2017
• Both teams have been winning with smoke and mirrors thanks to injuries.
  — Scott Miller, New York Times, 3 June 2023
• Further, beyond the smoke and mirrors, the truth is that the awards, the dresses and the parties are all meant to be a marketing tool.
  — Lindzi Scharf, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2021
• Even the quality of the things that did get modernized seems like smoke and mirrors.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2022
• Snoop Dogg’s apparent farewell to weed was all smoke and mirrors.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• Prepare for a dive into the world of aviation dark arts—of smoke and mirrors, acid, and lasers.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 15 Nov. 2022
• This is the time where the places that were operating kind of with smoke and mirrors can’t stay alive anymore.
  — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 14 Oct. 2020
• But behind all the smoke and mirrors, this is how these arrangements work.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 10 June 2022
• Other, accents, however, are a bit more in the realm of smoke and mirrors.
  — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 27 Oct. 2017
• To that end, some felt that the Eagles defense was little more than smoke and mirrors, which seems a bit unfair.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2023
• Other great reads Snoop Dogg’s apparent farewell to weed was all smoke and mirrors.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• No costumes, no stage set, no smoke and mirrors, no audience of course.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
• That’s smoke and mirrors, and the stakes are too high — not only for the soul of America, but for each and every one of ours, who gave in to this culture of death.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 17 Aug. 2020
• There were signs throughout 2016 that the Razorbacks were getting wins with smoke and mirrors.
  — Eric Bolin, ajc, 24 Nov. 2017
• There, is of course, some classic Washington smoke and mirrors here.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 28 June 2021
• But this was a night of heavenly smoke and mirrors, and worshiping at the altar of fashion.
  — New York Times, 8 May 2018
• But there’s not enough going on behind the virtuosic smoke and mirrors.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024
• This all appears to be smoke and mirrors for the boring truth: that Middleton and Markle are your standard sisters-in-law.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2018
• This was not the first time that apparent spending limits consisted of smoke and mirrors.
  — Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 5 Aug. 2024
• But the biggest message in all the muck is a sense of Biblical justice for Blasberg, a figure whose profile some observers think is smoke and mirrors in a town that demands proof of value.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 5 July 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024