Example Sentences

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Those who insist that the job of the writer is simply, only, to write are deluding themselves.

From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2019

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

I am only giving that side of the argument, and, according to it, they are deluding their customers with false hopes.

From Best Short Stories by Masson, Thomas L.