Sentence examples for slight deception from inspiring English sources

That the berries on it appear to be strawberries is a slight deception.

The heart eight was returned, a slight deception, and the declarer finessed in this suit, playing the 10.

It almost amounts to deception".

On we go, then, to the Haven, Roper's military "kingdom", as Sandy puts it, where he explains away his philanthropic cover without the slightest hint of self-deception or humanity, and states his radical capitalist worldview in the bluntest possible terms: "When a continent enters into chaos, that's when opportunities open up".

Kate and Martin, the fictional couple in my book-in-progress, have been pushed to the brink by financial ruin, by a bit of well-intentioned spousal deception, by a series of disappointments and slights.

Ultimately, deception will beget deception.

"There's no deception.

Why the deception?

"That was only deception".

I will use deception.

Fraud, cheat, deception, ruse -.