deluded
Example Sentences
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Is the Duke de Rohan’s niece murderously insane, as he claims, or is the duke himself deluded?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Pauling may never be fully vindicated, but neither was he simply deluded.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
If that’s the case, he is more deluded than he seems to think the rest of us are.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
The trip sent him into what he describes as a "deluded" state.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026
He was deluded by obsession; his logic and reasoning became corrupted, irrational, and increasingly dangerous.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
