Example sentences for: deceived

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

  • Only in the annotation does Gibbon add, "The world has laughed at the credulity of Marcus; but Madam Dacier assures us (and we may credit a lady) that the husband will always be deceived, if the wife condescends to dissemble."

  • District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that White House aide Ira Magaziner--the architect of President Clinton's 1993 health-care proposal--and White House lawyers had "deceived" his court in a 1993 affidavit.

  • She's not deceived by her father's lies, as she makes clear in lots of little sarcastic asides.

  • An innkeeper who lost his hearing at Stalingrad and communicates by writing answers Siegelbaum's saying, "Hitler deceived the world":

  • The four plaintiffs, all of whom were facing eviction, said they were deceived into calling Moore by his use of the term "legal aid" in advertising.


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