Deceived

Examples

• Believe her to be deceived, by all means. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• And, continued Joe Scott, Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I do not mean to say that I am particularly observant or quick-sighted in general, but in such a case I am sure I could not be deceived. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• It was not my original intention to deceive, as I have deceived you. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She had deceived his expectations; she had lost his good opinion. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Deceived myself, I did very miserably deceive youand it will be a painful reflection to me for ever. Jane Austen. Emma.
• You deceived me--not by words, but by appearances, which are less seen through than words. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• You see, Maurice, old as I am, I can still rhapsodize on Chloe's perfections, though she basely deceived me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• How can I tell him he is mean, how can I tell him he has deceived me, how can I disgrace him in the eyes of the world after that? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• To convince him, therefore, that he had deceived himself, was no very difficult point. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Yet I never deceived him, and I endeavoured to live on nothing, at my nurse's in Somers Town, _pour ses beaux yeux_, as long as I possibly could. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Well, and so did I, from what little I saw of him,' replied Lowten, 'it only shows how one may be deceived. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Rowena, said De Bracy, art thou, too, deceived by the common error of thy sex, who think there can be no rivalry but that respecting their own charms? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• He deceived a worthy man once, and we were the innocent cause. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• How I could have deceived myself about it I do not know. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The law--the eagle-eyed law itself--had been deceived, and had handed over disputed thousands to a madman's hands. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She could not be deceived in that. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Perhaps we might be deceived. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Ellsworth possessed in a remarkable degree the skill of imitating these peculiarities, and thus he deceived the Union operators easily. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• How she could have been so deceived! Jane Austen. Emma.
• Equally in brother and sister deceived! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• But, though this might be imaginary, she could not be deceived as to his behaviour to Miss Darcy, who had been set up as a rival to Jane. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I never could again have known peace, if I had been deceived in my reliance on her. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• How have I been deceived! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He has given in all his debts; I hope at least he has not deceived us. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He reproached me with having deceived and made a fool of him; but all he could say or do could not effect any change of my sentiments in his favour. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• At length I had a good view of him, and either my vision deceived me, or it was the old unfortunate Tommy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Every doctor in large practice finds himself, every now and then, obliged to deceive his patients, as Mr. Candy deceived you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Half deceived! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The mother's eyes are not always deceived in their partiality: she at least can best judge who is the tender, filial-hearted child. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

Edited by Gillian