Sentences with delude
de·lude
D d - The President was deluding himself if he thought he was safe from such action. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
- Television deludes you into thinking you have experienced reality, when you haven't. [VERB noun + into]
- Nevertheless, we delude ourselves if we argue that what we say has no impact.
- Why would you do something so drastic simply because you decided to delude yourself it was easier?
- His conceit deluded him into believing he was important.
- Ralph Wiggum is generally employed as a bottomless fount of glorious non sequiturs, but in “I Love Lisa” he stands in for every oblivious chump who ever deluded himself into thinking that with persistence, determination, and a pure heart he can win the girl of his dreams.
- It makes sense to trade with China, but let's not delude ourselves about its rulers.
- After a lifetime of false starts, she had learned how to market her skills but her cleverest was to delude others.
- She discovers the sexual power she wields, but continues to delude herself that pornography will metamorphose into tenderness.