delude
Example Sentences
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Claire still can delude herself into believing that Madame “loves” and “adores” them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Let's not delude ourselves, we're looking at human extinction, the death of eight billion people, and there's no way that people will be able to survive in anything like an increase of 5º centigrade.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2024
So I hope that we take the right direction and that AI does not become a means to kind of subvert democracy, to delude society at large and reduce our humaneness.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2023
I’m not a practiced enough viewer to delude myself into thinking I have any chance.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023
Because I wasn’t foolish enough to delude myself for this long—I was absolutely, totally, and completely falling for Sahil Roy.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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