Deceive

//dɪˈsiːv//

"Deceive" in a Sentence (13 examples)

Nothing would tempt me to deceive him.

It is mean of him to deceive an elderly lady.

I would rather be deceived than to deceive.

It is no use trying to deceive me.

Deceive me once, and I will forgive you; deceive me twice, and you're a double-crosser.

Don't deceive me.

It is not likely that he did it on purpose to deceive me.

He would be the last to deceive you.

He is the last man to deceive me.

Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.

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It feels painful to begin seeing clearly, that you’ve been deceived by the very people and institutions you trusted to guide you.

I know—for Death, who comes for me From regions of the blest afar, Where there is nothing to deceive, Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]

Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”

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