gaslight

Example Sentences

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Why Graham is willing to gaslight his followers like this isn’t a mystery.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Esther Crain, the author of ‘The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910,’ says gold interiors served a practical purpose: brightening rooms lit by gaslight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Your duty is to have spoken honestly once, respectfully and without coercion; to ensure that your values were clearly expressed; and to refuse to gaslight yourself into believing that fairness does not matter.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

You have more than enough reasons to gaslight yourself.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

It all glowed invitingly in the flicker of gaslight lamps, a world away from the oily stews of indeterminate origin I’d been choking down at the Priest Hole.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs