Sentence examples for the deceived from inspiring English sources

The play was fast, funny, wordy, and physical, and it sent up deception for the two-way street that it was: an eyes-half-open transaction between the deceiver and the deceived.

Self deception is a bit of a paradox: I am at once the deceiver and the deceived.

While such a technique clearly precludes labeling the film as a documentary, by re-staging events between the deceiver and the deceived Kiarostami implicitly poses questions about the validity and significance of what the audience sees.

Are your bosses the deceived or the deceivers?

The deceivers ended up as the deceived.

As the deceiver, she must believe ~p, and, as the deceived, she must believe p. Accordingly, the self-deceiver consciously believe p and ~p.

It is commonly known as the "deceptive lactarius", the "deceiving lactarius", or the "deceptive milkcap".

"Putting a pool on the roof was impossible," says Stevenson about the deceiving installation.

"I completely reject the insinuation that the government deceived the public," Mr. Schröder said.

(PwC denies wrongdoing and says the bank deceived the firm).

In some cases, such as host mimicry by parasites, the organism deceived is the model.