fooled
Example Sentences
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She told Bush: "You fooled a lot of people in Hull with your mild manner, when in fact you are a cruel conman. You use people's grief to fund your lifestyle."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
While Holland said the AI-generated images also fooled some of his loved ones, he didn’t feel the need to do much explaining “because they were all there.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
It’s usually used to suggest traders may be fooled by a relatively small retracement of a big market dive.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
But if she, a towering scholar of Yiddish literature, assumes the pose of a little old lady, don’t be fooled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
I had fooled myself into thinking that was something important to the rest of the world.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
