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"Gaslight" in a Sentence (13 examples)
Tom could have sworn that Mary was trying to gaslight him, but then again, these days he couldn't swear on anything.
Some bosses like to gaslight their employees.
He was renovated and refreshed, his soul was strengthened, and his countenance waxed cheerful, and he began to feel like himself again, under the brown canopy of metropolitan smoke, and among the cabs and gaslights.
Open the windows once in awhile^([sic]) and give the air a chance to circulate in and out. In the evening, do not forget that the lamps and gaslights are using up a goodly supply of oxygen also—so freshen things up a little, once in awhile.
A year since I strained my eyes very severely, and have never dared to use them much since by gaslight.
Then as the darkness descended, they began to shine with the mellow radiance of gaslight.
Sylvia is a beautiful woman whose business-partner husband is "gaslighting" her. (That means he's trying to drive her crazy.)
[The men of McHale's Navy] decide to "gaslight" the already befuddled captain, to convince him he is going insane.
"You're gaslighting me, for chrissakes."
1967, Stan Freberg (comedian), on his "most excruciating experience with a producer" as interviewed in Humphrey, Hal. "'Dramatic' Role Played By Freberg." The Oregonian [Portland, OR]. February 11, 1967: II 3 col 3. I came home before he could gaslight me like Boyer did Bergman in the movie.
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Just in the nick of time Rachel finds out the truth about her life from Martha. … This is how I wanted to show the gaslighting that had been going on Rachel's entire life.
In fact, political scholars have written a great deal about Trump's gaslighting of the American people on various fronts. For example, Duca (2016) describes Trump's gaslighting as only beginning when he has initially lied or misled about issues—such as falsely claiming that the United States is the highest-taxed country in the world or that crime is on the rise. As Duca puts it: 'The gaslighting part comes in when the fictions are disputed by the media and Trump doubles down on his lies before painting himself as a victim […]'
It brags “we can replace them”—and gaslights and demonizes those who notice and object to being replaced.
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