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

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

  • She explains to Gus and Karin that his delusion is a manifestation of an underlying problem that needs to be addressed.  - Lars and the Real Girl
  • Stan's particular delusion is that he thinks he's Napoleon.  - Nuts in May (film)
  • She tries to convince her mother to come out of such a delusion but to no avail.  - Naayi Neralu
  • If so, it is a delusion Mason shares.  - Death Ship (The Twilight Zone)
  • When Delano approached, the freed slaves set up the delusion that the surviving whites were still in charge.  - Benito Cereno
  • Melanie then defies her own delusion of continual winter and makes the decision to determine her own fate.  - The Dust Factory
  • Her husband thinks it's all a delusion brought on by her alcoholism.  - 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
  • This delusion makes up the song "Once Upon Your Dead Body" on the Good Apollo album.  - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (comics)
  • The Captain it is shown is under the delusion that Jill is his deceased wife Beatrice, who he believes has returned to him.  - City Under the Sea
  • Under the delusion that he is helping Adne take a trip, Forrester places the Sirian in control of a spacecraft.  - The Age of the Pussyfoot
  • Phyllis seeks help from the family doctor, who informs her that it's most likely a delusion manifested by stress.  - What's in the Box
  • Is this just a paranoid delusion or is there an alien face behind the doctor's mask.  - Beyond the Veil (The Outer Limits)
  • Viennese psychiatrist dr Oro Myicin arrives to begin treating Elmer's delusion and is stunned to see Bugs instead.  - Hare Brush
  • Sean writes a long letter apologizing to Anna, wondering why he had the delusion of being her husband.  - Birth (film)
  • This delusion lasts until he falls down a hole, hitting his head.  - The Old Man of Lochnagar
  • His father has been in an asylum for six years and suffers from the delusion that he is one of Mussolini’s top aides.  - The Conformist

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