Sentence examples for tricks into believing from inspiring English sources

That same aunt, the eccentric and corrupt Mrs. Hardcastle, has a son named Tony Lumpkin, a reprobate, horse-loving playboy whom she tricks into believing that he has not reached his majority.

In some cases, voters were tricked into believing that the measure actually supported affirmative action.

Seniors are tricked into believing that a grandchild has been arrested and needs bail money.

The brain is tricked into believing that the body is in danger and triggers the fight or flight response.

Documents from the Sername investigation describe how parents were tricked into believing that their baby had died.

Othello, a powerful military man, is tricked into believing his beloved wife, Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier), has been unfaithful.

It is as if in dreaming or fantasizing about something we want, our minds are tricked into believing we have attained the desired goal.

Mel Slater and Domna Banakou, of the University of Barcelona, have shown that we can be tricked into believing that a virtual avatar's voice is our own.

The plot revolved around a king who was tricked into believing that he was wearing a special outfit when, in fact, he wore nothing at all.

By mixing up the sensory inputs Dr Ehrsson wanted to see if the brain could be tricked into believing its body was somewhere else.

In another series of experiments published in Psychological Science, psychologists found that when people were tricked into believing that more time had passed than was really the case, they assumed they must have been having more fun.