get a delusion

Examples (10)

• Don't get any delusions of grandeur just because you won one game.
• After his promotion, he got the delusion that he was untouchable.
• It's worrying to see him start to get delusions about his own importance.
• If you only listen to your own echo chamber, you might get the delusion that everyone agrees with you.
• The isolated monarch began to get paranoid delusions, trusting no one in his court.
• She started to get the delusion that he would change for her, despite all evidence to the contrary.
• Be careful; isolating yourself like that is how you get strange delusions about the world.
• Did he get this delusion before or after the accident?
• Patients in this state can sometimes get the delusion that they are being followed.
• I had to stop myself before I got the delusion that I was the only one who could solve the problem.