Example sentences for: deceived

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

  • After a couple of months, having been deceived into thinking they've just slept through the winter, they can be brought inside and made to behave as if spring has arrived.

  • The present Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney, because of his tendency to change his public position on such things as the universality of social programs, is widely known as Lyin'-Brian . In the 1970s, Prime Minister Trudeau was overheard using the f-word in the House of Commons, but when asked about it later, he claimed that what he had said was fuddle-duddle . The country was generally amused (though not deceived) by this humorous explanation.

  • 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.

  • He carefully explains how Clinton spurred witness Monica Lewinsky to lie, coached potential witness Betty Currie to lie, found Lewinsky a job in exchange for a false affidavit, got Currie and Lewinsky to conceal gifts, and deceived Sidney Blumenthal and John Podesta so that they would lie to the grand jury.

  • This isn't Tuskegee . In Tuskegee, doctors sought no public review, had no clearly beneficial aim, and deceived patients into getting no treatment.


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