Sentence examples for delusion in from inspiring English sources

This has been a persistent delusion in certain parts of the right.

Over five coruscating sets, professional spoilsport Novak Djokovic extinguished said delusion in a classic quarter-final.

There is a grain of truth and a dollop of delusion in that account.

But beyond morality, CPAC is suffering from a severe case of political delusion in banning GOProud.

They are rightly impatient with the twin delusions: the Israeli delusion, in some quarters, that the status quo is sustainable and the Palestinian delusion, in some quarters, that Israel can be pushed into the sea.

"We've already explored the so-called 'doppelgänger' delusion, in which participants suddenly see themselves enter the room," he adds.

They were perpetually on the lookout for every insidious motivation in others and every instance of self-delusion in themselves.

Deceit and self-delusion — in master and servant alike — became as much a staple of those tableaus as silver tea sets, croquet lawns and debutante balls.

But I had to admire the weird mix of gumption and self-delusion in a guy like Tom Savini, a.k.a. the Gore King, a.k.a. the King of Splatter.

Orwell saw the self-delusion in it; for the nationalist, "certain facts, though in a sense known to be true, are inadmissible".

It was a journey into madness and self-delusion, in which a terrifying folie à deux somehow kept them both sane.