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Meanings of own deceit in English

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Usage of own deceit in English
1
Two things weighed heavily upon her, her own deceit, and her promise to Gerald.
Ruth Arnold / or, the Country Cousin
2
His own deceit became more black to his conscience.
Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters / An Unfini...
3
Those who seek to harm others often come to harm themselves through their own deceit.
The Aesop for Children / With pictures by Milo Winter
4
However, it has interesting potential for an organisation crumbling under the weight of its own deceit.
The Irish Times
5
He was hurting himself with his own deceit.
The City of Delight: A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerus...
6
If I hadn't been concentrating so hard on my own deceit, I would have stood up and applauded.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
7
A man's claim that his second marriage was based on his own deceit and fraudulent statements was upheld by the Supreme Court yesterday.
The Irish Times
8
My passions rose, my heart was full, her eulogium made it loath and abhor its own deceit; the words-'Madam , Iama villain!
Anna St. Ives
9
As an honest man, you ought to hesitate at injustice, and injustice you will show if you allow them to triumph through their own deceit.
The Bronze Hand / 1897
10
My own deceits were nothing before him; he saw through me so easily, swifter than you ever did.
The evolutionary void
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