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Examples of mishandle in a Sentence
The police mishandled the investigation.
Apples are easily bruised when they are mishandled.
The shortstop mishandled the throw.
The quarterback fumbled when he mishandled the snap.
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Trump also faces charges for allegedly mishandling classified documents and allegedly conspiring to steal the 2020 presidential election, including his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
Trump also faces three other separate criminal trials, including in Georgia and Washington, D.C., for trying to overturn the 2020 election, and in Florida for mishandling classified documents.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 June 2024
Trump faces dozens of counts of allegedly mishandling classified information after his presidency ended and plotting with two aides to obstruct government efforts to recover the material from Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach, Fla., home and private club.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
To attract impassioned youthful dissenters to his column in an airtight race, the Chicago convention this August will be a key juncture, at least judging by how Hubert Humphrey mishandled the unruly left wing of his party back in the 1968 presidential race.
—Michael Tubridy, New York Daily News, 31 May 2024
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Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
Trump also faces three other separate criminal trials, including in Georgia and Washington, D.C., for trying to overturn the 2020 election, and in Florida for mishandling classified documents.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 June 2024
Trump faces dozens of counts of allegedly mishandling classified information after his presidency ended and plotting with two aides to obstruct government efforts to recover the material from Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach, Fla., home and private club.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
To attract impassioned youthful dissenters to his column in an airtight race, the Chicago convention this August will be a key juncture, at least judging by how Hubert Humphrey mishandled the unruly left wing of his party back in the 1968 presidential race.
—Michael Tubridy, New York Daily News, 31 May 2024
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“Mishandle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mishandle. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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mishandle
verb
mis·han·dle
(ˈ)mis-ˈhan-dᵊl 
1
: to treat roughly : maltreat
2
: to manage wrongly
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