deluded
Example Sentences
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If that’s the case, he is more deluded than he seems to think the rest of us are.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
“Are they bigots? Are they deluded in thinking that they are subjected to unfair competition?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
Earl's barrister Paul Hynes KC described his client as "a sad individual" and compared him to the deluded fictional character Walter Mitty.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
At best, they were narrowly competent; at worst, morally compromised and dangerously deluded.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2025
I pity this man’s deluded and diseased mind.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
