gaslight

Example Sentences

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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

"Publicly to the media, they're accepting they failed, they're accepting that they did stuff wrong but in private they're trying to gaslight me," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Some of the transgressors try to gaslight the audience in their confessionals despite what they’ve recently burned into our eyes and ears.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

Many nights after the door was locked and the shutters closed, I sat on in the flickering gaslight, poring over old inventories and wholesalers’ statements.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom