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But now we knew that we couldn’t do anything; that, in fact, we had been deluding ourselves all along, and that the window of delusion was being eclipsed by an overpowering darkness.

From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2018

When Ho's forces surprised U.S. troops with the Tet offensive on Jan. 30, 1968, threatening Saigon, most Americans realized the government had been deluding itself that victory was close at hand.

From Time Magazine Archive

But, to tell you the truth, Helen, I had been deluding myself with the hope that you would one day be my sister. 

From The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Brontë, Anne

She had been deluding herself with the thought that Matthew Diamond came and sat beside her couch, and talked, and smiled for her sake!

From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

My uncle and aunt Edward were horridly savage, chiefly because I hindered them from going to Italy; and Mrs. George Gardner thought I had been deluding Mark!

From Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife by Yonge, Charlotte Mary