Example sentences for: deceptively

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

  • She just jumps into the shower and puts her wet hair back into a ponytail, which emphasizes her deceptively childlike appearance, and makes me feel slightly Humbertish at check-in time.

  • The stereotyping is powerful, the more so because it appears deceptively unquestioned.

  • These deceptively simple structures are no less than the sacred repository of the national identity — Shinto sanctuaries dedicated nearly 2,000 years ago to Japan’s founding deities.

  • The antis, meanwhile, cry that gambling is like cigarettes: unsafe for kids, viciously addictive, deceptively marketed, unhealthy, expensive, and unacceptable unless mightily regulated.

  • "Show me a single case where a Southern Baptist has acted deceptively ."


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