How to Use delusion in a Sentence

delusion

noun

• She is under the delusion that we will finish on time.
• He has delusions about how much money he can make at that job.
• As the illness progressed, his delusions took over and he had violent outbursts.
• He is living under the delusion that he is incapable of making mistakes.
• Her daughter isn’t quite willing to let such delusions stand.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
• Oh, that delusion also spreads to her Cinco de Mayo party.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
• Abbott compellingly details his life and times, rise and fall, delusions, paranoia and, frankly, his genius.
  — Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, 1 Aug. 2019
• The Negro has been the victim of delusion ever since the Civil War.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
• But two-thirds of the attackers in the study had displayed symptoms of mental health issues such as depression, paranoia and delusions.
  — CBS News, 6 Aug. 2019
• At first, the image USC has of itself as the center of the college football universe seemed like epic self-delusion.
  — oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2019
• The second song on the album sinks into the R&B influence and the slight delusions that everything will be all right when all the stars are aligned.
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 4 Nov. 2024
• In his grand delusions and smarmy self-importance, Connor is the least affected by the toxic struggle consuming the rest of the family.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 8 Aug. 2019
• Busey's frontal lobe damage, which made him more impulsive and prone to anger and delusions of grandeur, also impacted his creative mastery — his ability to compose music.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Aug. 2019
• Pic follow Vietnam veteran Jonathan Teller, who suffers from guilt and paranoid delusions.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
• First of all, going back to West Covina didn't necessarily make sense because that was a song rooted in delusion and that's also a comedy song.
  — Tara Bitran, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2019
• To make matters worse, as Ann Killion notes, the Raiders are not an ideal landing spot for a dysfunctional player who harbors delusions of grandeur.
  — Jen Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 6 Sep. 2019
• But the notion that any profit earned on Pharma is immoral or antisocial is the product of delusional thinking, the delusion being that drug research is risk-free.
  — Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2019
• There was a sense that this was all a strange delusion.
  — Jim Farber, Vulture, 5 May 2022
• On the other hand, the law is the conjurer of a delusion.
  — Adam Tooze, The New York Review of Books, 28 Jan. 2020
• Hold on to the side of the boat as Smoove spins his tale of confusion and, well, delusion.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 12 July 2021
• Jack is in his Woodside apartment, in the throes of a delusion.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
• The book speaks to the persistence of delusion and the elusiveness of truth.
  — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
• Such is the delusion of the long-distance duck-hunting road- ​tripper.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 10 Mar. 2020
• Sally, on the other hand, doesn’t have the same delusions.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 8 May 2023
• Is this someone who should be a nun or someone in the grip of a delusion?
  — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
• It’s called the Truman Show delusion, after the 1998 movie.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2023
• Sib has hands full right now with the partner’s delusions of grandeur.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
• In fact, the idea that some Black woman would seems to be something of a mass delusion.
  — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• Americans need to hear that most of the world does not share this delusion.
  — Star Tribune, 22 Jan. 2021
• The drugs are meant to quell the type of paranoid delusions that may have fueled last year’s crash.
  — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024