Sentence examples similar to deceptive happiness. from inspiring English sources

The fable-like arc of Croesus' story, from a deceptive and short-lived happiness to a tragic fall arising from smug self-confidence, admirably serves what will turn out to be Herodotus' overarching theme: the seemingly inevitable movement from imperial hubris to catastrophic retribution.

This is deceptive, for the plots in "Happiness, Like Water" are heated where the prose is not.

-- happiness?

And deceptive.

A monograph is deceptive.

Appearances here are deceptive.

"It's deceptive".

That may be deceptive.

But that is deceptive.

The stillness was deceptive.

But appearances were deceptive.