garden path

Example Sentences

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I love being hoodwinked, led up the garden path, dazzled by red herrings and then awed into submission by an ingenious finale.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023

He paid a company to erect a raised, square, demountable studio at the end of a garden path.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2022

Potted mums look stunning hanging from a porch hook or lining a garden path.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2021

So we went through all the programs they had, and they led me down the garden path to one called the Master of Arts in Leadership.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2020

Time and again, they tried leading the Laughing Man up the garden path.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger