gaslight

Example Sentences

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But if they are willing to gaslight you about pay, exploring other options might be smart.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 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

You have more than enough reasons to gaslight yourself.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

At the top of each landing there was a gaslight fixture that was no longer being used now that the building was wired for electricity.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers