Sentence examples for powers of deception from inspiring English sources

And the powers of deception that I used back then are still alive.

Control over the powers of deception was precisely what Dods was selling.

Further pitting the powers of perception against the powers of deception are genuinely old forgeries, which would not be exposed by radiocarbon dating and pigment analysis.

The animal cunning of the man, his transparent deceits and his naive belief in his powers of deception are woven into the fabric of a character that is worthy the pen of a Dostoievski.

Few people in China have thought as much about the power of deception as Liu Xiaobo.

She was like a mad woman — indeed, I think she was a mad woman, subtly mad with the deep power of deception which insane people may have".

Although the show is about the power of deception, it won't let us fool ourselves into luxuriating in antihero escapism, the way many dramas might.

The husband has great powers of self-deception.

At the beginning of two days of closing submissions at London's Commercial Court, Mr Abramovich's barrister, Jonathan Sumption QC, called Mr Berezovsky an "angry and embittered man" with "truly prodigious powers of self-deception".

How she could have questioned this after sitting for 90-minutes in that cinema watching that movie is beyond me, but is a further illustration of the power of this deception and the cult of the Silicon Valley elite, along with our desperation to believe those who say they can change the world.

But according to former Wall Street Journal reporter Joseph T. Hallinan's new book, Kidding Ourselves: The Hidden Power of Self-Deception, sometimes perceiving ourselves as better, smarter, and more powerful may set us up for greater health, happiness, and success.