Example Sentences

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"There's no maneuver in this fight that will deceive the people," a union representative said.

From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2023

“They say they do not have money, and that people will deceive them when they get there,” Ruslan said.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2022

“Most children,” they wrote, will deceive in certain situations and not in others.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Thy husband will deceive thee, as it may be, no matter what his birth.

From A Syrup of the Bees by Anonymous

"I cannot allow that: the more cunning will deceive the simpler."

From Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 by Jókai, Mór