- present tense form of deceive (3rd person singular).
deceives
Example Sentences
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He concluded his comments by reciting a poem by Pushkin - If Life Deceives You -which speaks of having the patience to know that better days are ahead, the AFP news agency reported.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024
Now Hundreds are discovered in one Shire; and, if Fame Deceives us not, in a Village of Fourteen Houses in the North, are found so many of this Damned Brood.
From The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches by Mather, Cotton
O HYPOCRITES! how oft your wily art Deceives the world and causes poignant smart.
From Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete by La Fontaine, Jean de
Thus gloomy Zara, with a solemn grace, Deceives mankind, and hides behind her face.
From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Young, Edward
Upon the oak’s summit, A squirrel at play Deceives with a rustle The hunter so gay; He starts, and, low crouching, His spear he grasps tight, And, swelling up, boundeth His hand with delight.
From The Death of Balder by Borrow, George Henry
