deceptively
Example Sentences
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Eight decades later, their deceptively simple question—“What are they like that makes you know they will be good ones?”—remains harder than it looks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The exercises are deceptively simple and easy to master.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
On the surface, things in America seem deceptively quiet, even normal.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
It centered on a deceptively simple question: Why do estate plans fail?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
And what I did not realize was that my life would be radically changed by deceptively distant events.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
