Sentence examples for is led astray from inspiring English sources
But Sesto is led astray by Vitellia, who pushes him toward an act of terrorism.
In earlier versions of the Ramayana, Ravana is a learned man, well-liked by his subjects who is led astray by his lust for a married woman.
Written by George Lillo, "The London Merchant" is about the downfall of a young apprentice who is led astray by a prostitute.
He is led astray by a young novice, who turns out to be a tempting and willing young woman called Matilda.
She said that "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck" had particular resonance for her because it was "the story of the village duck who is led astray by the foxy gentleman".
Like Austen's Northanger Abbey, in which Catherine Morland is led astray by her avid reading of Gothic romances, Madame Bovary is full of warnings about the dangers of books, parodying critics of sentimental and sensation fiction who feared that words were capable of infiltrating the minds of impressionable (implicitly young and female) readers.
"Isn't it true he has been led astray by the Tories?" she asked.
"Isn't it true he has been led astray by the Tories?
We were led astray, apparently, by "whether".
Here, too, we were led astray by a similar word.
