delude

Example Sentences

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“We can delude ourselves for a while that this is not a real cost, but we’re only fooling ourselves at the end of the day,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Blanche is just the latest person to delude himself this way.

From Salon • May 2, 2024

His goal was to delude the rest of us.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023

“Let’s not delude ourselves, Mr. Diab will never be extradited from Canada,” he said.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023

Because I wasn’t foolish enough to delude myself for this long—I was absolutely, totally, and completely falling for Sahil Roy.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon