delude
verb (used with object)
to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive.
are deluding
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present progressiveof delude.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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We are deluding ourselves, they say, to try to distance ourselves from the suspected shooter just because he’s Australian.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2019
“If we think in our forests we are dealing with a pristine habitat, we are deluding ourselves,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2018
That’s a polite way of saying these people are deluding themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2017
But could it also be that the parents are deluding themselves into seeing changes that are not there?
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2013
I am suggesting that you manufactured a memory of that incident in your subconscious mind, and are deluding yourself into thinking that you knew about it in advance.
From The Edge of the Knife by H. Beam Piper
