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    deceptive


    1. do what I had done before, being deceptive


    2. " A compelling tongue, though deceptive, that tongue having


    3. This building was deceptive in size, Tom considered


    4. the area with its deceptive tricks:fluffy white bits of heaven purifying the earth,


    5. ” I discerned that he was homosexual and speaking with a deceptive spirit


    6. deceptive cults are th


    7. Micaiah discerned a deceptive spirit in the mouth of the


    8. Helda knew that their appearance was deceptive as they were also well trained in hand-to-hand combat and they were carefully selected for their positions


    9. Yet also he hated being deceptive - it


    10. Deceptive, he knew, because in

    11. It‘s easier and much more efficient harvesting votes with sweeping gestures and deceptive promises rather than stumping for votes the old-fashioned way by kissing babies and all that other good stuff


    12. “So you do this often to maids, do you?” she queried with deceptive calm


    13. A Cultural War waged by determined ideas is a much more subtle, deceptive and formidable form of warfare inasmuch as it craftily conceals its (unstated) purpose; a social and cultural conversion cutting at the (very) heart of a society‘s traditional belief system; a gradual, however determined process that oftentimes goes unchecked until an awakening society (roused from its slumbers) suddenly finds itself in the midst of altered customs and norms no longer consonant with that society‘s accustomed practices


    14. That could be deceptive


    15. Further, upon his review of the treaties, he concluded they all had been violated and a very deceptive practice had become entrenched which would not reflect well on Washington’s


    16. God and live); teachers that are deceptive; trouble approaching; fear of trouble; covering; filling of the temple of God (born again, Spirit-filled


    17. I could just accept that and say no more, but I felt that would be deceptive


    18. M: What a man appears to do, or not to do, is often deceptive


    19. to follow the wrong path, but the wrong path, rather than being objectively deceptive, is the path


    20. theory that you do not believe—is it possible for that proposition to be deceptive within you?

    21. Each deceptive episode of the youthful Descartes must have coincided with the subsequent


    22. Distances across water were deceptive, he knew, and he had had no practice in that sort of measuring


    23. With prospective sellers, his manner was shaggy dog softy—and deceptive


    24. Distances can be deceptive in such a place, since there are no trees or other familiar things to give scale to the sight


    25. I don’t trust her because of her deceptive statements to me and the way she has treated you


    26. investigation needs to be done with regards to these deceptive


    27. Indeed, despite its deceptive size, the magma gun


    28. This “fake it” phase is not being deceptive, it is simply the process of changing


    29. But deceptive are my thoughts


    30. know the amount of time he spent there served as a deceptive

    31. “Fear thusly is as primitive as ‘tis deceptive, brilliantly; doth kiss thy cheek, as would a friend, infecting thee with its disease


    32. appearances were deceptive; the old gentleman to whom I delivered it looked


    33. Even worse are those who, with the deceptive mask of art, seek to present Christ the savior as having


    34. 8 "This transformed woman whom some of you saw at Simon's house today is, at this moment, living on a level which is vastly below that of Simon and his well-meaning associates; but while these Pharisees are occupied with the false progress of the illusion of traversing deceptive circles of meaningless ceremonial services, this woman has, in dead earnest, started out on the long and eventful search for God, and her path toward heaven is not blocked by spiritual pride and moral self-satisfaction


    35. You will in this way be delivered through spiritual transformation rather than be increasingly overburdened with the deceptive suppression of mortal desires


    36. You cannot develop strong characters out of the indulgence of self-pity; honestly endeavor to avoid the deceptive influence of mere fellowship in misery


    37. deceptive that, unless God does something supernatural to protect His


    38. “All ships prepare to fire double volley of heat seekers!” The missile strikes from the multiples erupted all around the deceptive ship’s hull


    39. “I have only been around just a few of you, but from what I can tell, most are deceptive, like John and Loren


    40. Many of these deceptive systems have been reduced in popularity, but there remain followers

    41. No trace of this deceptive treachery can be located in the scriptures


    42. “false advertising” has become a pleonasm, that is, most are deceptive and nothing but lies


    43. With a “thanks for the effort” smirk, Bonnie said she had protested the deceptive ways of Spirit; they had kept her clinging to hope for over a year, while she was totally dependent on Saa-ra for guidance


    44. With a “thanks for the effort” smirk, Bonnie said she had protested the deceptive ways of Spirit that had kept her clinging to hope for over a year, while she was totally dependent on Saa-ra for guidance


    45. All ads will be scrutinized for deceptive and negative connotations, which will not be permitted


    46. Feltus’s eyes widened at the revelation of the name he had secretly suspected but had been reluctant to accept given the old woman’s kind yet mysterious disposition that was not indicative of a murderer; however, he readily admitted that such a deceptive pretense would be ideal in order to plot an extremely vengeful murder, perhaps justified in her mind


    47. Perhaps it would be beneficial to just sit in the room now that the body was gone and the door had been repaired by maintenance, who had changed the lock and provided him with the only key, and with a clear mind consider the possibilities of how a clever murderer had managed such a deceptive illusion that a phantom was responsible for Underwood’s death and how the suspects’ motives compared; on many occasions, revisiting the scene of the crime had proven greatly advantageous in piecing together the circumstances under which the offense had been committed as well as the physical capabilities that one would need to possess to successfully execute the plan


    48. That had been her explanation for her late-night rendezvous that had necessitated such secrecy and deceptive movements about the hotel, especially since Howard Hughes did not want anyone to know that he was visiting the hotel lest his personal security and the deal be 359


    49. hated to be deceptive in any way in their relationship, he didn’t know


    50. There have been deceptive claims of mystical experience













































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    Synonyms for "deceptive"

    deceptive misleading delusory tricky dishonest artful deceitful hypocritical beguiling deceiving plausible delusive illusive varnished

    "deceptive" definitions

    causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true


    designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently