delude

Example Sentences

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In “The Enchanters” she is depicted as a pill-popping, ditzy dilettante, deluded and drunk and self-centered and into some very shady stuff.

From Los Angeles Times

The Russian embassy in Washington denounced the decision as "an indicator of inhumanity", adding that the US was "deluding itself by refusing to accept the failure of the Ukrainian military's so-called counter-offensive".

From BBC

I mean, at various points throughout this process, people have pointed out that he seemed deluded about things.

From New York Times

In other words, according to the prosecution’s theory of the case, Trump was not deluded.

From Seattle Times

But that Giuliani has given up pretending he was sincerely deluded strongly suggests that it's a pretense Trump himself will struggle to keep up.

From Salon