Deceiving

Examples

• Had Edward been intentionally deceiving her? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Dear Mr. Jingle was not deceiving me. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And yet Ursula knew she was only deceiving herself, and that he would proceed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• All your attentions to the niece--rather rude, than otherwise, to the aunt--only way of deceiving the old ones. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She received my concurrence with pleasure, and a thousand times over thanked her deceiving, deceitful brother. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Was he not deceiving himself? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• But we must remember that she is but nineteen as yet, unused to the art of deceiving, poor innocent creature! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• You suspect Miss Verinder of deceiving us all, by secreting the Diamond for some purpose of her own? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The old man suddenly stood still, and looked at me in the grey twilight as if he suspected his own ears of deceiving him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I am much obliged to Mr. Jennings--I am aware that he is only deceiving me for my own good. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mrs Lammle, we have both been deceiving, and we have both been deceived. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He is deceiving you, my good friend. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• As he had no idea of deceiving her, and always desired to please her, he was thus made chary of launching into expense. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But do not start deceiving yourself into thinking you won't have to blow it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He had asked me if I was a deceiving imp, and he had said I should be a fierce young hound if I joined the hunt against him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• You frighten him into deceiving, if you treat him so. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• How do we know whom he is deceiving there? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• His conscience smote him that he had borrowed Briggs's money and aided in deceiving her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Caroline is incapable of wilfully deceiving anyone; and all that I can hope in this case is that she is deceiving herself. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

Typist: Pansy