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Meanings of cruel deception in English

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Usage of cruel deception in English
1
This personality, this sense of self, is a cruel deception and a snare.
The Soul of the Far East
2
Was that a cruel deception on Asher's part, or was it a kindness?
Kalooki Nights
3
I am innocent of the cruel deception, most unhappy youth.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
4
Nugent had unflinchingly carried his cruel deception to its end.
Poor Miss Finch
5
Can you tell me why you foster the cruel deception?
The Gods of Mars
6
What excuse can you make for the cruel deception you have practiced on me?
The New Magdalen
7
This has been a cruel deception to our members who supported the present Coalition.
The Irish Times
8
She wanted to know her faithful friend's motive for that cruel deception about Brian Walford.
The Golden Calf
9
Was this Fata Morgana-thecruel deception of a mirage?
Cat’s Cradle
10
The two governments have been either fooled or bullied into going along with a cruel deception.
The Irish Times
11
It would be a cruel deception to pretend that you are not in very great danger.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
12
Over the weekend David Trimble referred to the 1994 ceasefire as a " cruel deception".
The Irish Times
13
But its seeming nearness was a cruel deception.
Notes from a Small Island
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But it does seem a cruel deception to leave this lady alone on the shore that way.
The buried giant
15
The American dream doesn't look like a cinch, but neither does it look like a cruel deception.
Disintegration: the splintering of black america
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But the defences were a cruel deception.
The Guardian
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