Example Sentences

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Only a few days into this process, Hoover has been surprised by the work required to operate something as deceivingly simple as a skating venue.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024

A defensively challenged team with deceivingly solid record not matched by 23rd-ranked goal differential of minus-11.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

The challenge then becomes how to get an electron to scatter its tracks so deceivingly.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 20, 2023

Although leaf litter can look deceivingly stagnant, a microscopic world of activity teems beneath the foliage.

From National Geographic • Oct. 12, 2023

She tried to forget it and for a moment she smiled to herself deceivingly, and then—the smile was gone and by the determined set of her lips Jerry was her father's own resolute child again.

From The Reclaimers by McCarter, Margaret Hill