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Example sentences for: deceive

How can you use “deceive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But it seems likely that the melodic rise and fall of, say, Licciardello can deceive the ear in a way that--just for an example--its German equivalent Schlick (Middle High German to gulp) simply cannot.
Rather than build a case from evidence, conspiracists deny the available evidence, maintaining that appearances deceive.
In 2002, Langleben showed that when subjects were hiding information in an attempt to deceive (so-called guilty knowledge), they had intense activity in five distinct brain areas not seen when they were telling the truth.
For example, résumer does not mean to resume but, as Americans know from their adoption of résumé for curriculum vitae, to summarize; and decevoir means to disappoint, not to deceive.
That would reveal a brutal willingness to deceive the public--way beyond the normal politicians' cynicism--as well as a frightening lack of self-control ..."