Example sentences for: deception

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

  • Or: He tells us that "the real subject" is one of "wantonness and betrayal and deception, of treachery and disunity among neighbors and friends, the subject of cruelty.

  • He doesn't explain why he kept up the deception for two decades, long after his ex-wife had clearly overcome her problems if she ever had any, and had gotten a Ph.D. (she is now a professor of cell biology, married--but no kids).

  • Today's Papers doesn't care whether the NYT just missed the story, or was misled by its government sources as part of a cover and deception plan, or like a congressional leader, was let in on the deal with the promise to keep quiet until afterwards.

  • One final clue should have alerted us--readers and editors--to Glass' deception: Life is not so good that it places reporters at the center of action as frequently as it did the young Glass.

  • As the literature on lying often observes, those who become skilled in the art of deception can easily fool themselves.


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