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.
• Can this be anything but the tip of the deception iceberg?
  — Kris Frieswick, WSJ, 13 May 2022
• And this was a season in need of that kind of self-deception.
  — New York Times, 21 June 2019
• More deception and movement makes the pitch tougher to hit.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 10 June 2021
• That all comes from a funky arm slot that adds to his deception. ...
  — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 5 June 2018
• Tsai wowed the judges with his crazy magic and hand deception skills.
  — Sabrina Finkelstein, Billboard, 12 July 2017
• 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
• Harmony will not be easy to come by when deception is in the air.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2020
• There are better ways of beating back the tide of deception.
  — Zeynep Tufekci, WIRED, 24 June 2019
• 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
• The darkness and light were all there, the veil of illusion and deception ripped aside.
  — Sarah Rense, Esquire, 14 Oct. 2016
• Veasey said he was tipped off to the deception even before his visit.
  — Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• He was hurt by the feeling of deception, a close friend of his told the Statesman.
  — Brian Davis, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2021
• Our self-deceptions have been shown to be quite changeable.
  — Steve Ayan, Scientific American, 15 May 2018
• The key to the story is, in fact, the theft and deception of art, of the making of culture itself.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
• The point here is deception mixed with a touch of depravity.
  — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
• Here, the deception hinges on a corpse, with thousands of lives hanging in the balance.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 11 May 2022
• On its own, the agent learned to balance deception and honesty.
  — Bymatthew Hutson, science.org, 22 Nov. 2022
• Knowles’ scheme thrives on multiple fronts and deception in the back end.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 13 Sep. 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
• All of that deception was done to protect their profits and their image.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2022
• For Sheehan, though, the farce is the deception itself.
  — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• Wood, a lefty, is all about deception with his mix of sinkers, curves and changeups.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2021
• But this bit of deception makes the darkness ahead more surprising.
  — Jenni Laidman, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2018
• There is a lot of self-deception going on, conscious or not.
  — Washington Post, 29 July 2021
• In a league that embraces deception, not even the standings can be trusted.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2021
• For the most basic deceptions, a thief needs only a phone number.
  — The Economist, 30 Jan. 2020
• At no time, though, was there any deception or ill intent on my part.
  — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2019
• The Eagles rely on deception to move the ball, but there is speed on this team, too.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024