fooling

Example Sentences

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Are we fooling ourselves to think our taxes matter to our moral responsibility?

From Slate • May 11, 2026

He often moves his body in a way that looks like he is going to pass to one team-mate, before passing it to the spare man after fooling the defenders.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Those expecting the silly 795% 2025 returns of the year’s best performer, the leveraged $2.1 billion MicroSectors Gold Miners 3X Leveraged, to repeat are almost surely fooling themselves.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

Like many con men, Stan is expert at fooling himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Besides, maybe I'm fooling myself to begin with—maybe the Girl is wrong and the patrols aren't even coming for my family.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu