How to Use false sense of security in a Sentence

false sense of security

noun phrase

• And most of all, don’t let your excitement to be in a new place lure you into a false sense of security.
  — Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
• First, floaties create a false sense of security for kids and their parents.
  — Lisa M Zarda, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
• By the looks of the trailer, the real villain of the movie is a deceptive blueberry pie candle that lulls the two women into a false sense of security.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 25 June 2024
• Such climate models can, at times, mislead us regarding our progress and bring a false sense of security.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 23 Aug. 2023
• The Philly-via-Austin group have cracked their own formula for suspenseful songs with a magnetic false sense of security.
  — Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 2 Aug. 2024
• Readers also commented that brighter LED lighting may cause drivers to go faster as the lighting gives them a false sense of security.
  — Ben Blatt, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• The man who made these promises was, like a number of other Christians, hired by al Shabab to lull potential recruits into a false sense of security.
  — Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2015
• Getting it wrong has consequences: A test that fails to identify a person at risk may give both the patient and the doctor a false sense of security about opioid use, the authors wrote.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
• Pope Francis has said nuclear weapons create nothing but a false sense of security.
  — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2024
• In fact, some sunglasses give you a false sense of security and really don’t offer enough UV protection.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 21 May 2024
• The current absence of armed conflict in Antarctica has created a false sense of security.
  — Elizabeth Buchanan, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2024
• Even in simpler times, isolationism never offered more than a false sense of security.
  — Joseph R. Biden, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2016
• Those who interpret these efforts as a way for Moscow and Beijing to boost their countries’ soft power are missing the mark and risk perpetuating a false sense of security.
  — Christopher Walker, Foreign Affairs, 16 Nov. 2017
• Essentially, Hardy is using Johnny’s voice to lull viewers into a false sense of security.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
• However, rarity shouldn’t lull one into a false sense of security.
  — Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 2023
• These seemingly innocuous devices give responsible parents a false sense of security with the assumption that the inflatables will keep their kids safe and help teach them to swim.
  — Lisa M Zarda, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
• According to police, Olds boasted about his success in the film industry to charm women on dating apps and lure them into a false sense of security before turning violent.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2024
• Applying sunscreen can also encourage people to spend more time in the sun; a link has been found between sunburns and sunscreen use, because a sloppy application lends a false sense of security.
  — Grace Browne, WIRED, 12 July 2023
• But the mountain’s sheer familiarity — millions of people live within an hour of the trailhead — can create a false sense of security, especially in winter.
  — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• So fears about how rising inflation and spiraling costs will impact them may have been squashed by their employer’s splashing cash at them, potentially giving them a false sense of security.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 29 Feb. 2024
• Police say the three Jane Does reported that Olds lured them into a false sense of security during their initial encounters, then turned violent without seeking their consent.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 8 Aug. 2024
• And although insurance companies have their own experts to calculate flood risk, FEMA maps can lull homeowners into a false sense of security.
  — Sarah Raza, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• Experts warn that people might mistakenly feel a false sense of security with lower-category storms.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
• The United States should not be lulled into a false sense of security by its continuing firepower advantage or the fact that its defense budget remains orders of magnitude larger than Beijing’s.
  — Hillary Rodham Clinton, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2020
• That confusion, critics argue, can lull drivers into a false sense of security in the system which can potentially lead to crashes resulting in serious injury or death.
  — Popular Science, 15 Feb. 2024
• These tools are based on log information, which is typically altered during an attack, duping the security team into a false sense of security.
  — Shane Buckley, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• However, the switch to remote or hybrid work environments can instill a false sense of security in executives that their devices are only accessible to those who live under their roof.
  — Reuven Aronashvili, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• After the attacks this past weekend, a number of analysts, including some close to Hamas, have suggested that the group deliberately lulled the Israeli security forces into a false sense of security.
  — Adam Rasgon, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
• Even more profound is that Black women are given a false sense of security by mistakenly thinking their tumor is low-risk and forgo chemotherapy, which may result in early recurrence of their cancer and a higher risk of breast cancer death.
  — Nathalie McDowell Johnson, STAT, 19 Sep. 2023
• Online marketplaces are a common place for people to sell used items, but most users have a false sense of security when using the platforms, said Iskander Sanchez-Rola, director of privacy innovation for cyber safety network Gen.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024