Example Sentences

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Open them, though, and you will find that your nose has been deceiving you.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2022

Your husband has been deceiving you and has spent the last year strategizing and putting his plan firmly in place without giving you the benefit of any warning.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2022

"When we learn to do this, we will discover that our gross national product has been deceiving us."

From Time Magazine Archive

She deceived me this afternoon about her true character; she has been deceiving all of you.

From The Devil A Tragedy of the Heart and Conscience by Manning, Marie

I can play with dear little Zo; but whom can I talk to, whom can I confide in, if it turns out that Miss Minerva has been deceiving me?

From Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time by Collins, Wilkie