delude

Example Sentences

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He may be unusually hopeful for an author invoking civil war in his subtitle, but Sharlet is not deluded.

From Los Angeles Times

“If we think the market is going to believe that these things are temporary when they are constantly done in times of crisis,” he said, “then we’re deluding ourselves.”

From New York Times

Neo-conservatives around George W Bush deluded themselves that democracy, and regional stability, could be imposed through the barrel of a gun.

From BBC

How could I be vain, dumb or deluded enough to believe that this was a job I could actually do?

From New York Times

I’m not a practiced enough viewer to delude myself into thinking I have any chance.

From New York Times