Sentence examples for were deluded from inspiring English sources

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were deluded

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To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.

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They were deluded.' " Netanyahu's psychology has been shaped by Israeli history, too.

Never mention "The Hopeless Continent" except to infer that its authors were deluded.

It wasn't that they were deluded enough to believe the system was pristine.

Some of us were overoptimistic; some were ignorant; some were deluded; some were greedy; some just had bad timing.

Her politics were deluded and self-indulgent, but it is hard not to conclude that she had a point.

White opponents of affirmative action were deluded, he writes: affirmative action never deprived them of opportunities or benefits.

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That we were deluding ourselves a bit.

But they were deluding themselves that Biafra was viable.

Those who thought differently were deluding themselves for weekend pleasure.

An aide to the Senate Republican leadership said House Republicans were deluding themselves.

Ms. Tsarnaeva is deluded.

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