deluding
Example Sentences
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Deluding himself into thinking he has been instrumental in Garfield’s victory, he expects his due.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Deluding himself into thinking he can outrun a professional athlete 10 years younger than him by running a 40-yard dash in his 40s.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023
"Deluding devilette!" breathed The Author, "get thee behind me!"
From A Woman Named Smith by Oemler, Marie Conway
Deluding herself by this false view, she persuaded herself that it was right to suppress the will.
From Only an Irish Boy Andy Burke's Fortunes by Alger, Horatio
My Father seduced by the false glare of Fortune and the Deluding Pomp of Title, insisted on my giving my hand to Lady Dorothea.
From Love and Freindship [sic] by Austen, Jane