wrongly

Example Sentences

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The DFW Support Committee, a group supporting the protesters, said the defendants were wrongly being “thrown away for the rest of their lives.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

Investors may be wrongly pricing in a cut to Carnival’s full-year yield guidance, Stifel Research analyst Steven Wieczynski said.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

Partey wrongly told officials in Canada he had never been arrested or charged with a crime and missed Ghana's World Cup win over Panama as a result.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Thomas Partey will miss Ghana's World Cup opener against Panama after wrongly telling officials in Canada he had never been arrested or charged with a crime.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

And when a murmur of surprise ran among the clerks at his son’s wisdom he called out merely, “Change it, then! We will not put our name to anything wrongly written.”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck