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

"They weren't there; they weren't involved in the investigation. Some of these people are deluded," he says.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

Musk and Navarro, deluded as they may be, are self-anointed geniuses in specific areas of commerce, economics and technology.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

But I never deluded myself as to the real nature of my playmates.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel