garden path

Example Sentences

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In a statement to the court, Mrs Norman said she felt "guilt and shame" about "being led down the garden path" by Villafane.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

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

“It’s a hard yes,” she reported to fellow canvassers as she walked toward them along a garden path, away from a voter’s house.

From Washington Post • May 2, 2022

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2021

As they set off down the garden path, Slughorn’s voice floated after them, “I’ll want a pay rise, Dumbledore!”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling