deceive
verb (used with object)
to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude.
were deceiving
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past progressiveof deceive.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Mayorkas, on his second day of a visit to the Rio Grande Valley, said smugglers were deceiving migrants and luring them on a dangerous journey.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
Wes Craven, the director, looked preppy, wearing Ralph Lauren and chinos, but looks were deceiving as he had a visionary mind.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 23, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission also has rules on these practices and could determine that the calls were deceiving for consumers.
From The Verge ● Feb. 28, 2019
To the charge that they were deceiving their audiences, mesmerists responded that they were expert demonstrators and analysts of deception.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2018
Maybe my eyes were deceiving me, but I swear the skin of his upper torso was covered with patches of green moss.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
