delusive

Example Sentences

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After all, if the world and the self are illusions, it is delusive to believe that they can be redeemed.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2018

Supporters of #MeToo have, on occasion, adhered to this idea in a sort of delusive optimism.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2018

Condemned to Hope’s delusive mine,     As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts, or slow decline,     Our social comforts drop away.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2015

Journalists, media types, and the delusive Edinburgh Comedy festival are complicit in supporting a broken system.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2012

She tried to deafen herself against it, or to fill the ear of conscience with delusive sounds.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various