deluded

Example Sentences

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Deluded as she may be, the stakes for her could not possibly be higher.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2017

Deluded ourselves as baseball continued to lie to itself.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2015

Deluded by the notion that I was playing with a fancy, I was suddenly aroused to find myself imbrued in facts.

From David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales by Hawthorne, Julian

The mercer glanced at the thin fragile frame, and exclaimed to himself, "Deluded old gentleman!"

From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 by Various

Deluded Balaam also sweetly sung, In words of solemn grandeur, bold and strong, The happiness which Israel through his tribes Enjoyed beneath God's care.

From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Cowherd, Thomas