gaslight

Example Sentences

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Your duty is to have spoken honestly once, respectfully and without coercion; to ensure that your values were clearly expressed; and to refuse to gaslight yourself into believing that fairness does not matter.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

Sandy and her team have tried to gaslight me in a sense where I'm supposed to be making all of this up or I'm being dramatic, but it happened.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2025

You have more than enough reasons to gaslight yourself.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

They may lie all the time, but when the chips are down, they gaslight.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2024

She kept close to the shuttered storefronts that lined the square, avoiding the pockets of flickering gaslight cast by the streetlamps.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo