Deceptive has 3 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Appearance is deceptive. | |
| 2. | Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. | |
| 3. | Magical are the straight lines in how they perturb the curved ones, aggravate their distortion and make them look more zigzagged, revealing their deceptive appearance. | |
| 4. | Judge people not by age, but by behavior. Years are deceptive. | |
| 5. | Appearances can be deceptive. | |
| 6. | Tom is being deliberately deceptive. | |
| 7. | There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. | |
| 8. | It was deceptive. | |
| 9. | The relative calm that we've experienced in the last few years is deceptive. | |
| 10. | I think it's very deceptive. |