How to use "deceive" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "deceive" in popular movie and book plots

  • Truitonne conspires with her fairy godmother, Mazilla, but Mazilla tells her it will be difficult to deceive the Prince.  - The Blue Bird (fairy tale)
  • Suppressing his distress, he manages to deceive her.  - Under Western Eyes (novel)
  • At the hive, Leela paints Bender like a bee to deceive the real bees while she and Fry collect the honey.  - The Sting (Futurama)
  • Jodhaa replies that it would deceive Akbar and would be death to their kingdom if he finds out.  - Jodhaa Akbar
  • He is overjoyed, and assumes that Rocky made a mistake, not being aware that Rocky is in fact trying to deceive him.  - Deewane Huye Paagal
  • Antichrist sends scores of false messiahs and false teachers to deceive as many people as possible.  - The Remnant (novel)
  • Ernie is unable to fool the General's wife, Lady Margaret (Dana Wynter), but he is able to deceive the officers at a regimental party.  - On the Double (film)
  • Graham's dishonesty becomes evident to the doctor, who can see that Graham is trying to deceive him.  - The Young Poisoner's Handbook
  • Ernesto used his love of magic tricks to deceive and terrorize his passengers.  - Cruise of Deception
  • There, the Aparoid Queen uses the voices of Peppy, Pepper, Pigma and James to deceive them into joining her.  - Star Fox: Assault
  • Once there, he finds the false Enterprise that was built to deceive Kirk.  - The Mark of Gideon
  • Aware that Garret is interested in prospecting, Swearengen and Farnum deceive him into purchasing a gold claim in a confidence game.  - Deadwood (TV series)
  • Myra impersonates a nurse to deceive the girl into believing she is hospitalised.  - Séance on a Wet Afternoon
  • He had hidden behind the persona of a dull, slow-witted fop to deceive the world.  - The Scarlet Pimpernel
  • She pretends to have been toying with him to deceive her uncle.  - Naughty Marietta (film)
  • Disraeli was not fooled; he has hired Foljambe as his personal government secretary, the better to deceive him.  - Disraeli (1929 film)

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