delusional

Example Sentences

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To start their companies, founders have to be creative, restless, slightly delusional and outrageously ambitious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Numerous studies have found that in its eagerness to agree with the user, the model validated unhealthy or dangerous behaviour, and even led people to delusional thinking.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

While the “number of users” once meant “number of paying users,” the success of Facebook, Instagram and other social-media sites persuaded delusional investors that the word “paying” could be dropped.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

“Those things don’t require a lot of cognitive function, and they can be done even in a delusional state,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Greed, delusional visions of grandeur, the mercenary mercilessness that made every relationship expendable—Midland perfected all these long before they became the standard of the eighties around the rest of the country.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger