Example Sentences

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In November 2019, a Washington state Superior Court judge ruled that TVI Inc., also known as Savers, the largest for-profit thrift retailer in the world, had been deceiving consumers for years.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2020

The lawyer said that his messages shouldn’t be taken at face value because, in reality, he had been deceiving Kessler all along — “misleading him deliberately in order to get the servers.”

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2019

When at last he discovered she had been deceiving him he was disgusted, relieved.

From Time Magazine Archive

These tales are tempting to dismiss as scripts recited by practiced liars who had been deceiving the world community for years.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the hardest things of all had been deceiving Karl.

From The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love by Glaspell, Susan