How to Use deceive in a Sentence

deceive

verb

• He was accused of deceiving the customer about the condition of the car.
• Her parents punished her for trying to deceive them.
• Remember that appearances can deceive—just because something looks good doesn't mean it is good.
• People who think they can eat whatever they want without harming their health are deceiving themselves.
• Your eyes do not deceive you: Only four teams ended the regular season with winning records.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2020
• Spoofers enter and quickly cancel large orders in an effort to deceive others about supply and demand.
  — Derek Hall, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2020
• Have both deceived themselves about their ambitions, their desires, their essential natures?
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
• But with disinformation the bad information is spread with the intent to deceive.
  — Robert McMillan, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2020
• Decisions made in good faith leave you vulnerable to being deceived as the moon clashes with Neptune.
  — USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
• The beetles — called burying beetles — aren't the only creatures who try to deceive their competitors or prey with subtle, sneaky tactics.
  — Marion Renault, Star Tribune, 17 Jan. 2021
• But our instinctive nostalgia for the good old days can easily deceive us, with dangerous consequences.
  — Johan Norberg, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2020
• Singer also shows how his company’s tech can deceive commercial image-recognition and face-recognition systems with subtle tweaks to a photo.
  — Will Knight, Wired, 2 Dec. 2020
• Trump has put the wall project at the center of his reelection campaign, while continuing efforts to deceive the public with claims that Mexico is footing the bill.
  — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2020
• This kind of stuff shows up in the form of Facebook pages impersonating candidates, sketchy digital campaign ads and fabricated news content designed to deceive.
  — Cynthia Gordy Giwa, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2020
• In the song, Eilish croons about the pain of being deceived.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2020
• That said, looks are deceiving with the cushion in the max stack.
  — Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2024
• In its verb form, to be humbugged is to be deceived or be the victim of a hoax.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe and Douglas S. Wood, CNN, 21 Dec. 2019
• The waves that crash and spray near the shoreline can be deceiving.
  — Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 July 2024
• But there are lies meant to impress, and there are lies meant to deceive.
  — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2024
• You should not be deceived, this event on 18th of March is not elections.
  — Rob Arcand, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2018
• In the case of Titi’s corn empanadas, looks were not deceiving.
  — Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
• There are games when the final box score is a bit deceiving.
  — Don Markus, baltimoresun.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• Look closely at these tiny worlds and yep, your eyes don’t deceive you.
  — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian, 7 June 2019
• Pro days don't do anything but deceive scouts and waste time until the NFL draft.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 22 Oct. 2017
• Then again, Marvel and the people working with the studio have been known to lie and deceive fans.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 19 July 2022
• But because of the in-store only offers, some of the deals are deceiving.
  — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 12 July 2023
• But looks can be deceiving: The blades travel at 180 mph.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
• The bot's goal is to deceive his fellow contestants and land in their endgame.
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 15 Apr. 2024
• Become a Subscriber In the south of Italy, distances deceive.
  — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2023
• Fraudsters often pose as legitimate clients, vendors, or even internal employees to deceive businesses into making unauthorized payments.
  — Frank Sorrentino, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024