Example Sentences

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What “To Paradise” seems mainly to argue is that paradise is an absurd concept, exclusionary and dangerous and fatally self-deluding.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2022

In a career spanning six decades, Beatty marshaled his booming voice, roly-poly physique, beady eyes and Cheshire-cat grin into an impressive range of characters: amiable, self-deluding, menacing, terrified, or a nuanced combination of the four.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2021

That is the self-deluding magic of a romantic rebound.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2018

It’s their self-protecting, self-deluding rationalizations that conjure the devils of distrust that rip a social fabric to shreds.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2016

Dalroyd had been the chosen man all along and he himself a blind, self-deluding fool.

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery