How to Use deceptive in a Sentence

deceptive

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• Hidden fees, deceptive photos, and rigged reviews are some of the pitfalls to watch out for when booking vacation rentals.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
• But plug-in hybrid vehicles — with one cord that goes into the wall socket and a longer cord connecting to the gas pump — can be deceptive as well.
  — Sue Saunders, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
• In the first half, there is a brief game show parody and a vaudeville comedy routine, both of which are simple and direct and also funny and deceptive.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2022
• All these capabilities are being used to infiltrate social media users’ networks and flood their feeds with deceptive posts.
  — Filippo Menczer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024
• The provision is part of the FTC’s crackdown on deceptive subscription practices.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
• The hillsides of Champagne, dedicated to vineyards, are deceptive.
  — Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com, 27 June 2022
• Smith is correct in pointing out that most magic tricks are based not on real miracles but deceptive tricks and little white lies, all of which carry the ultimate goal of dazzling the audience.
  — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2022
• Harris calls out Bret Baier and Fox for showing a deceptive clip of Trump that isn't actually what the ex-president said.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
• Unfortunately, the at-home air-purifier market has more than a few cases of deceptive marketing and dubious claims.
  — Will Briskin, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2022
• In all the best ways, there isn’t much about Mike Hilton that isn’t deceptive.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
• The pickpockets are called the Four Guns, a name as deceptive as their tactics.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2023
• The best example of this deceptive simplicity is the star of the dessert menu—the kouign-amann ice cream.
  — Anna Mazurek, Chron, 22 July 2022
• Since, again, they’re not shown until late in the purchasing process, the fees feel even more deceptive.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 15 June 2023
• The group alleges Boeing led Ten Oaks down a deceptive path in a last-ditch effort to buy time and keep low prices.
  — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Feb. 2024
• The twelfth house’s realm can be both receptive AND deceptive.
  — ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
• The ads are so deceptive that at least one Alaskan radio station refused to air them.
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2022
• Car dealers, Dwyer said, would not be able to lie or be deceptive about cost and financing terms.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2024
• Then again, the whole movie is designed as a (deceptive) downward spiral.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2024
• True to crypto’s form, even that ad was somewhat deceptive.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2023
• The idea was to trap once, then retreat into their base man-to-man against the Princeton offense’s deceptive array of back cuts, post rubs and slipped screens.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2023
• In both cases, the FTC relied on a law against unfair or deceptive practices.
  — Geoff Mulvihill The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2024
• The shape and the four-color design do look basic, but the simplicity is deceptive.
  — WIRED, 22 Mar. 2023
• While Biden’s approval has been mired in the low 40s, his job ratings turned out to be a deceptive election barometer.
  — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2022
• And so along with the European image of the shape-shifting and deceptive Jew came the companion image of the Jew as farseeing and noble sage.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• The criminal trial in Chicago is the third in two years to focus on a style of deceptive trading known as spoofing.
  — Dave Michaels, WSJ, 8 July 2022
• His size and deceptive speed have Altenberg dreaming of ways to take advantage of his strengths this season.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
• Consumer advocates have long railed against the deceptive practice of tacking on the hidden resort fees at the last-minute.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Oct. 2023
• But that's deceptive, because gasoline prices dropped 10.6 percent; other prices went up across the board.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 25 Sep. 2022
• Marten says that the center believes that many other CPCs go too far with deceptive marketing and ads.
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 12 Sep. 2022
• Authorities said the area is known for its deceptive terrain, but that there is a lack of respect for nature.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 28 May 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024