How to Use deception in a Sentence

deception

noun

• His many deceptions did not become known until years after he died.
• She accuses the company of willful deception in its advertising.
• Has some of the best deception in the league.
  — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
• Will her deceptions hurt her best friends?
  — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
• The deception comes in his speed.
  — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
• But there’s some deception at play.
  — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
• So, that's a kind of deception.
  — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 23 June 2026
• And this was a season in need of that kind of self-deception.
  — New York Times, 21 June 2019
• Mederos said the idea was to give him more deception and more movement.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025
• Tsai wowed the judges with his crazy magic and hand deception skills.
  — Sabrina Finkelstein, Billboard, 12 July 2017
• At no time, though, was there any deception or ill intent on my part.
  — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2019
• This deception is slicker than a greased pig!
  — Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2026
• Wood, a lefty, is all about deception with his mix of sinkers, curves and changeups.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2021
• Three counts of theft by deception, fourth- and fifth-degree felonies.
  — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 17 May 2024
• Harmony will not be easy to come by when deception is in the air.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2020
• Veasey said he was tipped off to the deception even before his visit.
  — Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• Skilled players who are well coached with a hint of deception in the play calls will win a lot of games.
  — John Maffei, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• If the princess world is all sort of deception, this is no artifice at all.
  — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
• One shoulders a bag of tricks, the other a sack of deception.
  — Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
• But with this shift comes a new era of digital deception.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
• An oven thermometer will end the deception, once and for all.
  — Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2024
• On its own, the agent learned to balance deception and honesty.
  — Bymatthew Hutson, science.org, 22 Nov. 2022
• Hickey wants to know what life would be like if stripped of male bravado and self-deception.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
• Knowles’ scheme thrives on multiple fronts and deception in the back end.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022
• This, too, is most likely a deception; a skilled locksmith can open just about any lock.
  — Leah Napoliello, Houston Chronicle, 22 Aug. 2020
• Just goes to show there's no end to the deception that goes on in the BB house!
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 1 July 2022
• This is a game of deception after all, and everyone is in on it.
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
• He was hurt by the feeling of deception, a close friend of his told the Statesman.
  — Brian Davis, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2021
• The darkness and light were all there, the veil of illusion and deception ripped aside.
  — Sarah Rense, Esquire, 14 Oct. 2016
• In a league that embraces deception, not even the standings can be trusted.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2021