Sentence example with the word 'delusive'

delusive

aberrant, apparitional, chimeric, delusory, errant, fishy, illusory, peccant, self-contradictory, tricky, visionary

Definition adj. inappropriate to reality or facts

Last update: September 23, 2015


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Under a delusive belief she relied on him.   [adjective]

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His look gives a delusive impression.   [adjective]

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But the prestige he secured by 1521 was delusive; its decline was as rapid as its growth, and the expense of the policy involved taxation which seriously weakened the loyalty of the people.   [adjective]

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From this point a large area of open water was seen which was believed to be an "open Polar Sea," a chimera which played an important and delusive role in subsequent explorations.   [adjective]

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It seemed to her serious mind that the glory of those wild years since his Majesty's restoration was a delusive and pernicious brightness which could never shine again.   [adjective]

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From this point a large area of open water was seen which was believed to be an "open Polar Sea," a chimera which played an important and delusive role in subsequent explorations.   [Please select]

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What, then, in sober earnest, were the delusive treasures of the chest.   [Please select]

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These promises had, like all others he had received from his Spanish friends, proved delusive.   [Please select]

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Germain (in 1570) brought a short but, as it proved, delusive peace.   [Please select]

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), though equally delusive, had nevertheless inspired thousands of Italian patriots with the sentiment of national unity.   [Please select]

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The advantages promised by an increase of the revenue are all fallacious and delusive.   [Please select]

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