Example Sentences

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"You are hoodwinking me with a trumped-up story; it is not true!"

From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Piffard, Harold

If they do not mean this, they are hoodwinking workingmen and merely are seeking a change, not a reform.

From Why I am opposed to socialism by Various

Permit me to remind you, therefore, that neither you nor the world is to take it for granted that we are hoodwinking Mr. Thorpe.

From From the Housetops by Cootes, F. Graham

When they meet an adversary like myself, one who is not to be bounced, it upsets them and they make blunder after blunder, while still believing that they are hoodwinking him like mad.

From The Crystal Stopper by Leblanc, Maurice