deluding

Example Sentences

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If he really believes that the job of making peace is done, then he is deluding himself.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

There could be “huge social ruptures where one side sees the other as very cruelly exploiting AI while the other side sees the first as deluding itself into thinking there’s sentience there,” he said.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2025

“But I think really they will be deluding themselves if they think that that bodes well for the next general election.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 21, 2023

Carrigan: The dinner scene between Hank and the Raven, when the Raven is just baffled that Hank is deluding himself into not being responsible for Cristobal’s death.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

Finally, the census of 1790 provided unmistakable evidence that those antislavery advocates who believed that the future was on their side were deluding themselves.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis