Example Sentences

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Maybe I am deluding myself, but I feel I would be constitutionally incapable of birthing the following sentence: “Now, our passport is in custody of the hotel management pending when we make payment.”

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2014

I am none of these now; and I do not believe I am deluding myself—in fact I know I am not.

From Love's Pilgrimage by Sinclair, Upton