easily taken in
Example Sentences
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Getting engaged is, for many people, a very serious step and one not easily taken in front of cameras, under competitive circumstances and after knowing their potential intended for a matter of weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
Time after time we witness Jimmy fall back on what he knows best about humanity: that we are gullible, greedy beasts easily taken in by deals too good to be true.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2018
A child of the 1950s I was easily taken in by cereal ads on TV.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2018
That the Atlantic was so easily taken in shows the enduring appeal of presidential love letters and the partnerships behind them.
From US News ● Feb. 10, 2015
He really knew they were air castles, for at bottom he was hard-headed, not easily taken in even by his own exuberant imagination.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
